. 


DAILY    PROGRAM 


OF 


GIFT   and  OCCUPATION 
WORK 


BY 


CAROLYN  S.   BAILEY  and  CLARA  M.   LEWIS 


SPRINGFIELD,  MASS., 
MILTOX  BRADLEY  COMPANY 


COPYRIGHT,  1904, 

BY 
MILTON  BRADLEY  COMPANY. 


PREFACE. 

The  :iim  of  the  present  work,  as  the  title  implies,  is  to  sug- 
gest program  <Tift  and  Occupation  Work  for  a  year  in  kinder- 
garten. The  home  with  its  interests,  and  simple  nature  work, 
form  the  basis  of  the  outline,  and  as  far  as  possible  home  plays 
and  IK  Hue  play  methods  have  been  carried  over  as  true  kinder- 
garten links  between  the  home  and  the  school. 

The  outline  has  been  used  in  practical  experience  in  two 
public  kindergartens  for  a  number  of  years,  and  the  authors 
have  suggested  no  plan  of  work  which  may  not  be  carried  out 
with  classes  of  twenty  children  or  more. 

Large  materials,  including  the  building  gifts,  enlarged  tab- 
lets, sticks,  and  rings,  have  been  used,  also  larger  blocks  for  group 
work  building  on  the  floor  and  in  a  sand  box.  Sea  shells  and 
large  seeds  have  been  used  with  great  success  for  outlining  and 
designing.  In  addition  to  kindergarten  play  material,  the  use 
of  toys  is  urged,  also  the  utilizing  of  home  materials,  such  as 
empty  boxes,  spools,  pictorial  catalogues,  etc.,  for  constructive 
work. 

The  colored  posters  are  a  suggestion  for  a  new  and  very 
effective  form  of  brush  work,  giving  practice  in  the  putting  on 
of  washr-. 

In  presenting  this  outline,  it  is  hoped  that  it  may  be  used 
only  as  suggestive.  In  some  cases  the  occupation  for  the  day 


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would  cover  a  number  of  days'  work,  and  the  kindergartner 
must  accept  the  book  as  she  is  able  to  interpret  it  in  her  own 
kindergarten. 

Much  inspiration  for  the  outline  has  been  gained  from  Dr. 
Dewey's  University  Primary  School  plans.  \Ve  are  also  in- 
debted to  Miss  Louise  Green  of  the  William  Street  Kindergar- 
ten, Springfield,  for  original  work  along  the  line  of  illustration. 

Much  of  the  constructive  work  in  paper  and  bristol  board 
has  been  found  in  Knapp's  Raffia  and  Reed  Weaving,  to  which 
frequent  reference  is  made. 


DAILY  PROGRAM  of  GIFT  and 
OCCUPATION    WORK 


SEPTEMBER. 


I.      GENERAL   OUTLINE. 

7.      Life  of  the  Jfoinr. 

(a)    Family  interests — Mother's  daily  duties. 
(7>)    Children's  interests — Toys,  plays,  folk-lore. 

2.      Xntni-c  I Vo /•/,-. 

(a)    Observation  of  sky,  sun  and  clouds. 

(&)   Review  of  vacation  life — Seashore,  farm. 


II.     OUTLINE  OF  TABLE  WORK. 

Topic  for  First  Week — Children 's  Life  in  the  Home. 

OLDER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:  First  Gift. — Develop  red  and  green  in  connection 
with  balls  and  ball  plays  children  are  familiar  with  at  home. 

Occupation:  String  straw  and  paper  necklaces  to  wear 
home,  using  the  colors  developed  in  the  Gift  lesson. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:  Second  Gift. — Contrast  spheres  and  cubes  with  hard 
halls  and  wooden  blocks  at  home,  and  develop  qualities  common 

to  both. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:  Illnstrate  a  Mother  Goose  tale  or  rhyme  in  the  sand 
box.  Suggestions  for  a  Jack  and  Jill  picture.  Group  of  chil- 
dren make  hill  at  one  end  of  the  sandbox,  while  a  second  group 


8  Daily  Program   of  Gift  and  Occupation    Work. 

build  a  well,  and  house  with  garden  paling  to  be  placed  at  the 
foot  of  the  hill.  Twigs  for  miniature  trees  and  two  dolls  dressed 
to  represent  Jack  and  Jill  complete  the  picture. 

Occupation:  Imaginative  drawing  in  colored  crayon  to 
illustrate  story  of  Jack  and  Jill  or  any  other  rhyme  used  in  Gift 

lesson. 

Thursday. 

Gift:  Large  peg  tiles.  Color  lesson,  reviewing  red  and 
green.  Place  pegs  in  rows  representing  rows  of  toy  soldiers  in 
red  and  green  coats. 

Occupation:  Cut  outlined  paper  soldiers  and  mount  on 
small  wood  blocks  for  standards. 

Friday. 

Gift:  Second  Gift. — Group  work  on  floor.  Build  dolls' 
furniture, — bed,  chair,  table,  piano,  etc. 

Occupation:  Fold  doll's  scrapbook  from  two  sheets  of 
7  by  7  folding  paper.  Mount  colored  scrap  pictures  on  pages. 

YOUNGER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:     String  large  red  beads,  spheres. 
Occupation:     Sand  table.      Mould  balls  from  sand. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:  First  Gift. — Introduce  red  balls  and  develop  direc- 
tion ideas  by  swinging.  Connect  with  the  baby's  balls  at  home. 

Occupation:  Mount  large  red  paper  picture  of  ball.  Draw 
string  with  colored  crayon. 

Wednesday. 

Gift :     Roll  Second  Gift  spheres  on  the  floor. 
Occupation :     Clay.     Model  a  ball. 


Daily  Program   of  Gift  and  Occupation   TForA1.  9 

Thursday. 

Gift:     Large  peg  tiles.      Develop  color  by  putting  in  rows 
of  pegs  representing  toy  soldiers  in  red  coats. 

Occupation:     Drawing.       Rows  of  red  soldiers.      Colored 

crayon. 

Friday. 

Gift:     Games  on  the  floor  with  hard  and  soft  balls,  con- 
trasting qualities. 

Occupation:     Fold  book  and  paste  in  scrap  picture. 


Topic  for  Second  Week. — Summer  Experiences. 

OLDEK  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:     Sand    table.     Reproduce    city    park.     Use    Second 
Gift  cubes  for  seats  and  zoo.     Dig  pond  and  erect  flag  poles. 
Occupation:     Fold  simple  boat. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:     Introduce  Second  Gift  cylinders,  playing  they  are 
toy  pails  used  at  the  seashore. 
Occupation:     Sort  shells. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:  Introduce  large  Third  Gift.  Give  the  children  a 
simple  building  sequence  illustrating  their  summer  life  on  the 
farm.  Build  wall,  house,  gate,  barn,  etc. 

Occupation:     Cut  and  mount  simple  outline  of  farmhouse. 

Thursday. 

Gift:  First  Gift. — Develop  apple  colors,  red,  green,  and 
yellow. 


10          Daily  Program   of  Gift  and  Occupation   Work. 
Occupation:     Painting1.     T\ed  or  yellow  apples. 

Friday. 

Gift:     Sort  red,  green,  and  yellow  tablets. 
Occupation:     Freehand    drawing   on   blackboard.     Outline 
and  fill  in  large  yellow  circle  for  sun. 

YOUNGER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:  Second  Gift. — Use  cube  for  boat.  Cut  sail  from 
white  paper  and  fasten  to  stick  for  mast.  Let  the  children  play 

with  boats  on  floor. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:     Sort  sea  shells. 

Occupation:  Play  in  the  sand  with  tin  spoons  or  small 
shovels. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:  First  Gift. — Develop  red  and  yellow  from  apple 
colors. 

Occupation:  Mount  colored  paper  apple.  Draw  stem  in 
brown  crayon. 

Thursday. 

Gift:  Large  peg  tiles.  Use  red  pegs  to  represent  rows  of 
apple  trees  in  an  orchard. 

Occupation:     String  large  red  or  yellow  beads. 

Friday. 

Gift:  Group  work  building  on  the  floor  with  Second  Gift 
cubes.  Build  barn,  farmhouse,  and  barnyard.  Fill  barnyard 
with  paper  animals. 

Occupation:     flay.     Model  apple. 


Dull H  Program   of  Gift  and  Occupation   Work.  11 

Topic  for  Third  Week — Mother  s  Home  Duties. 

OLDER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

(riff:  Large  Third  Gift. —  Build  kitchen  furniture,  chairs, 
table,  stove,  and  shelves  for  cooking  utensils. 

Occupation:  Fold  and  paste  simple  cradle.  Fold  sixteen 
square  foundation.  ( 'ut  off  one  row  of  squares.  ( 'ut  and  paste 
oblong  Itox  form  from  remaining  squares.  Cut  and  glue  on 
rockers.  Heavy  manilla  paper  or  light  weight  hook  cover  paper 
is  suitable  for  this  model.  Another  excellent  cradle  is  described 

in  Knapp's  book. 

Tuesday. 

(lift:      First  Gift. — Match  colors  already  developed  to  the 
children's  dresses,  samples  of  dress  materials,  hair  ribbons,  etc. 
Occupation:     Make  simple  color  charts  to  carry  home. 

Wednesday. 

(lift:  Large  Fourth  Gift. —  Build  set  tubs.  If  toy  tubs 
are  in  the  kindergarten  equipment,  a  washing  day  may  be  insti- 
tuted. 

Occupation :     Cut  out  dresses  for  paper  dolls. 

Thursday. 

Gift:  Second  Gift  cubes  and  cylinders.  Talk  about  and 
illustrate  mothers  fall  canning.  Use  cubes  for  tables,  cylinders 
for  preserve  kettles.  Large  colored  cylinder  beads  may  repre- 
sent cans  <if  fruit  ready  to  put  away  for  winter. 

Occupation:  Freehand  cutting  of  fruits  from  colored 
papers. 

Friday. 

t,ift:  Play  in  the  sand  box  with  toy  dishes,  making  sand 
cakes,  pies,  etc. 


12          Daily  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation   Work. 

Occupation :     Mount  print  of  mother  and  child, — Madame 
Le  Bran  and  Daughter  or  Ferruzzi's  Mother  and  Child. 


YOUNGER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:  First  Gift. — Review  red  and  yellow.  Develop  blue, 
matching  to  colors  of  the  children's  dresses. 

Occupation:  Draw  picture  of  ball  in  colored  crayon,  choos- 
ing color. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:     Second  Gift  cubes.     Build  crib  or  bed. 

Occupation:  Make  doll's  cradle  from  spool  box.  Use  the 
box  for  a  foundation.  One  half  the  cover  may  be  glued  in  place 
for  the  head  of  the  cradle.  Cut  rockers  from  the  remaining  half 
and  fasten  in  place  with  collar  buttons. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:  Second  Gift. — Introduce  cylinders.  Connect  with 
mother's  cleaning  pails. 

Occupation:     Stringing  large  beads.     Review  three  forms 

and  three  colors. 

Thursday. 

Gift:  Construct  table  with  inverted  peg  tile  for  foundation 
and  four  pegs  for  legs.  Cut  lunch  cloth  and  napkins  from 
white  paper. 

Occupation:     Clay.     Model  bread  and  milk  bowl. 

Friday. 

Gift:  First  and  Second  Gift  balls.  Contrast  qualities  and 
play  with  on  the  floor. 

Occupation:     Mount  print  of  Baby  Stuart. 


Daily   Program   of  Gift  and  Occupation   '\York.  13 

Topic  for  Fourth  Week — Household  Dependence. 

OLDER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

(lift:  Fourth  Gift. —  Grocery  store  sequence.  Build 
shelves  and  counter.  Use  beads  for  cans,  boxes  of  cereal,  vege- 
tables, etc. 

Occupation:     Fold  grocer's  order  book  and  play  store. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:  Circular  and  square  tablets.  Outline  the  milkman's 
cart. 

Occupation:     Clay.     Model  milk  cans. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:  Third  Gift.  Emphasize  divisions  of  cube.  Build 
ice  house,  blocks  of  ice,  etc. 

Occupation:  Fold  and  paste  simple  ice  cart,  fastening 
wheels  with  eyelets  or  collar  buttons. 

Thursday. 

Gift:  First  Gift. — Emphasize  blue.  Connect  colors  with 
fruit  colors. 

Occupation:     Paint  plum. 

Friday. 

Gift:  Group  work  on  floor.  Build  stores,  houses,  ice 
houses.  Play  with  delivery  wagons  made  on  Wednesday. 

Occupation:  Draw  rows  of  houses  on  street  where  delivery 
\vairoiis  stop.  Choose  colors. 


14          Daily  Program   of  Gift  and  Occupation   Work. 

YOUNGER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:  Introduce  large  Third  Gift.  Build  grocery  store,, 
counter,  shelves,  etc. 

Occupation:     Paint  outlined  pear  or  apple. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:  Second  Gift. — Use  cubes  for  milk  team,  sticks  and 
cylinders  for  wheels. 

Occupation:     Clay.      Model  milk  can. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:  Large  square  tablets.  Place  in  rows  to  represent 
cakes  of  ice,  or  outline  ice  chest  with  smaller  tablets  for  legs. 

Occupation :  Fold  large  square  of  manilla  paper  into  six- 
teen small  squares. 

Thursday. 

Gift:  Dig  large  pond  in  the  sand  box  and  build  ice  houses 
from  cubes  on  the  banks. 

Occupation:  Cut  and  paste  an  ice  wagon  from  the  sixteen 
square  folding  of  Wednesday.  Fasten  on  cardboard  parquetry 
circles  for  wheels. 

Friday. 

Gift:     First  Gift. — Review  the  colors  developed  and  asso- 
ciate with  fruit  and  vegetables  in  the  markets. 
Occupation:     Drawing.      Blue  Ball. 


Dally  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation   Work.          15 


Story  List — September. 

Dust  Under  the  Rug  (Mother  Stories) Maud  Lindsay 

Mrs.  Tabby  Gray  (Mother  Stories) Maud  Lindsay 

Adventures  of  a  Brownie Miss  Mulock 

The  Three  Bears  (Fables  and  Proverbs) Sarah  Wiltse 

The  Three  Little  Pigs. 

How  They  Tame  to  Have  a  Picnic, 

St.  Nicholas,  November,  1888 

Mr.  Sun Richard  Le  Gallienne 

Phaethon    Baldwin 

Legend  of  Jack  and  Jill  and  the  Moon  (Art  Primer), 

Dewey  and  Cady 
The  Cat  and  Rat  Who  Lived  in  an  Oven, 

St.  Nicholas,  September,  1894 

The  Waiting  Apple The  Child's  World 

The  Little  Red  Hen. 

The  Three  Little  Kittens Mother  Goose 

The  Sun  ;  The  Moon Stevenson 


OCTOBER. 


I.     GENERAL  OUTLINE. 

1.  Growfli  'iiul  Ma  d-ct  I  it  fj  of  Food  fluffs. 
(a)   Markets. 

(//)    Transportation. 

(V)   Farmer — Field  life,  orchard  life,  barn  life. 

2.  Nature  Work. 

(a)    Sun.  rain — Factors  in  production  of  plant  life. 

(6)    Seeds. 

(c)    Trees — Falling  leaves. 


II.      OUTLINE   OF  TABLE   WORK. 

Topic  for  First  Week — Fruits  and  Vegetables. 

OLDER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:  Large  green  sticks.  Make  outline  of  tree.  Connect 
with  thought  of  orchard. 

Occupation:  Drawing.  Make  picture  of  tree  with  red 
apples.  Use  colored  crayons. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:  Fourth  Gift. — Enclose  different  shaped  fields  and 
orchards.  Develop  square  and  oblong. 

Occupation:     Peg  tiles.      Enclose  square  and  oblong  fields. 


Dally  Program   of  Gift  and  Occupation  Work.          17 

Wednesday. 

Gift:  First  Gift. — Develop  orange  in  connection  with  color 
of  pumpkin. 

Occupation :     Clay.      Model  pumpkins. 

Thursday. 

(i i ft:  Sand  table.  Market  garden  picture.  Enclose  dif- 
ferent shaped  fields  and  put  in  small  twigs  to  represent  orchard. 
Suspend  red  spheres  for  apples. 

Occupation  :     Cut  and  paste  paper  ladder  and  barrels.     Put 

in  sand  table. 

Friday. 

Gift:  Third  Gift. — Different  shaped  boxes  for  holding- 
fruit.  Emphasize  divisions  of  cube. 

Occupation:     Painting.     Yellow  wash  for  sun. 

YOUNGER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

(i iff:  Sand  table  lesson.  Enclose  large  field  with  sticks  or 
slats.  Use  twigs  to  represent  orchard  and  suspended  spheres 
for  apple-. 

Occupation:     Blackboard  drawing.     Ladder. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:  Large  peg  tiles.  Enclose  square  garden.  Beads  on 
pegs  for  vegetables. 

Occupation:     Painting.     Picture  of  sun. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:     Third  Gift. — Sequence.    House,  wall,  gate  and  trees. 
Occupation:     Freehand  cutting  of  farmhouse,  drawing  in 
window  and  door. 


18          Daily  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation   Work. 

Thursday. 

Gift:  Second  Gift. — Cylinder.  Connect  with  thought  of 
barrels  used  for  storage. 

Occupation:     Clay.      Model  barrel. 

Friday. 

Gift:  First  Gift. — Develop  orange  and  connect  with  the 
color  of  the  pumpkin. 

Occupation:  Draw  picture  of  orange,  ball,  or  pumpkin, 
using  colored  crayons. 


Topic  for  Second  Week. — Transportation  of  Food 

Stuffs. 

OLDER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:  Fourth  Gift. — Use  bricks  for  trains,  with  sticks  and 
large  cylindrical  beads  for  wheels.  Load  with  colored  cubes 
for  vegetable  crates. 

Occupation :     Clay.      Model  barrel. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:  Third  Gift. — Introduce  one  cube,  divided  into  halves. 
Build  train,  using  slats  for  tracks. 
Occupation:     Drawing.      Train. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:     Second  Gift  in  boxes.      Play  steamboat  game. 
Occupation:     Fold  simple  boat. 

Thursday. 

Gift:  Sand  table.  Let  children  push  away  the  sand  to 
represent  body  of  water.  Build  trains  and  docks  with  blocks. 
Put  in  boats  folded  on  Wednesday. 


Daily  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation   Work.  19 

Occupation:     Begin    simple    doll's    market    basket.     Use 
wooden  bottom  and  put  in   Xo.  )>  reed  for  spokes.      Use  No.  1 

reed  for  winder. 

Friday. 

Gift:     Sort  and  design  with  corn  and  pumpkin  seeds. 
Occupation:     Finish  basket. 


YOUNGER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

(fiff:     Second    Gift. — Cubes.      Build    large    trains    upon 
floor.      Let  children  play  with  them. 
Occupation:     .Mount  engine  picture. 

Tuesday. 

(rift:     Build  wagon.      Use  one  large  brick  for  foundation 
and  small  cylinders  for  wheels.    Load  with  beads  for  vegetables. 
Occupation:     Clay.     Model  basket. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:      Sand   table.      Let  children   push    away  the  sand  to 
represent  body  of  water.      Build  trains  and  docks  with  blocks. 
Occupation :     Fold  simple  boat.      Put  in  sand  table. 

Thursday. 

Gift:     Sort  vegetable  seeds. 
Occupation:     Painting.      Squash. 

Friday. 

Gift:     Large  square  tablets.      Make  train. 
Occupation:     Parquetry.      Simple  engine. 


20          Dally  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation   Work. 
Topic  for  Third  Week — Farmer,  Field  Life. 

OLDER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:     Large  sticks.      Enclose  square  and  oblong'  fields. 
Occupation:     Blackboard  drawing.      Square  and  oblong. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:     Sand   table.      Let  children   enclose  large  field   with 
sluts  or  sticks.      Pnt  in  sprays  of  wheat  to  represent  grain. 
Occupation:     Sewing.      Spray  of  wheat. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:  Cubes  and  half  cubes.  Cooperative  building  of 
granary. 

Occupation:  Cut  out  silver  paper  sickle  and  mount  on 
wheat  card  sewed  on  Wednesday. 

Thursday. 

Gift:  Make  mill  of  square  tablets  and  put  circular  tablet 
at  side  to  represent  mill  wheel. 

Occupation:  Paste  oblong  sheet  of  paper  in  form  of  cylin- 
der. Make  cross  of  two  narrow  strips  of  paper  and  paste  on 

mill  for  sails. 

Friday. 

Gift:     Fourth  Gift.     Wheat  bin. 

YOUNGER  CLASS. 
Monday. 

Gift:     Introduce  large  Fourth  Gift.     Build  farmer's  wall. 
Occupation:     Clay.     Model  brick. 


Daily  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation  Work.  21 

Tuesday. 

Gift:     Peg  tiles.      Enclose  field,  using  yellow  pegs  for  corn 
or  wheat. 

Occupation:     Cut,  fold,  and  paste  simple  wheelbarrow  from 

rnanilla  paper. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:     Third  Gift. — Sequence.     Wall,  gate,  granary. 
Occupation:     Fill  in  outline  of  ear  of  corn,  using  yellow 

crayons. 

Thursday. 

Gift:     Introduce   circular    tablets.     Combine   with   square 
tablets  to  form  simple  cart. 

Occupation :     Finish  wheelbarrows. 

Friday. 

Gift:     First   Gift. — Emphasize   green   in   connection   with 
color  of  corn. 

Occupation:     Mix  and  bake  johnnycake. 


Topic  for  Fourth  Week — Farmer,  Barn  Life. 

OLDER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:  Third  Gift  and  one  cube  divided  into  halves.  Build 
barn. 

Occupation :  Fold  large  square  of  manilla  paper  into  six- 
teen small  squares.  Cut  and  fold  barn.  (Knapp's  book.) 

Tuesday. 

Gift:     Large  sticks.     !Make  hen-coop. 

Occupation:  Freehand  painting  of  yellow  chicken  or  hen- 
coop. 


22  Daily  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation  Work. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:  Fourth  Gift.  Barn  sequence.  Barn,  rack,  trough, 
grain  box. 

Occupation:     Cut  out  cow  for  barns  made  on  Monday. 

Thursday. 

Gift:  Build  hen-house  with  play  blocks.  Put  in  toy 
chickens. 

Occupation:     Clay.     Model  chicken. 

Friday. 

Gift:  Sand  table.  Farmyard  picture.  Build  farmhouse 
and  barn  with  blocks.  Enclose  farmyard,  pig-pen,  etc.,  with 
sticks.  Put  in  twigs  for  trees.  Toy  or  paper  animals. 

Occupation:     Drawing.      Toy  animal  or  barn. 

YOUNGER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:  Large  peg  tiles.  Enclose  barnyard,  using  pegs  for 
fence  and  cube  and  half  cube  for  barn.  Paper  animals. 

Occupation:  Fold  square  of  red  paper  into  sixteen  squares. 
Cut  door  and  mount  for  barn  picture. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:     Slats.     Hen-coop. 
Occupation:     Drawing.     Hen-coop. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:     Third  Gift. — Sequence.     Barn,  gate,  wall. 
Occupation:     Clay.     Model  egg. 

Thursday. 

Gift:  First  Gift. — Emphasize  yellow  in  connection  with 
color  of  chicken. 


Dally  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation  Work.  23 

Occupation:  Mount  chicken,  using  large  yellow  paper 
circle  for  body  and  small  paper  circle  for  head.  Draw  feet, 
bill,  and  tail  with  yellow  crayon. 

Friday. 

Gift:  Make  barnyard  to  take  home.  Use  suit  box  cover 
for  foundation.  Make  large  barn  of  maiiilla  paper.  (Knapp's 
book.)  Fold  another  sixteen-square  foundation,  cut  and  paste 
as  for  basket.  Paste  in  box  for  pig-pen. 

Occupation:     Cut  out  and  paint  animals  for  barnyard. 


Story  List — October. 

Ugly  Duckling Hans  Andersen 

A  Kind  Deed Lights  to  Literature,  Book  III 

The  Ant  and  the  Grasshopper ./Esop 

The  Lost  Chicken Emilie  Poulsson 

The  Little  "White  Pig  Who  Was  Lonesome, 

Among  the  Farm  People 
The  Wonderful  Shiny  Egg ;  The  Spider's  First  Web .  .  .  Pierson 

Story  of  Alice's  Supper St.  Nicholas,  August,  1878 

Contented  Earthworm Child's  World 

Story  of  a  Small  Rooster St.  Xicholas,  February,  1888 

The  Big  Red  Apple Kindergarten  Review,  1902 

The  Chestnut  Boys Emilie  Poulsson 


NOVEMBER. 


I.     GENERAL  OUTLINE. 

1.  Preparation  for  Winter  in  Family. 

(a)   Father's    preparation — Storage    of    food — Storage  of 
coal  (miner's  work). 

2.  Preparation  for  Winter  Outdoors. 

(a)   Animals'    preparation — Shelter — Thicker    coats — Mi- 
gration of  birds. 

3.  Thanksgiving  Thought. 


II.     OUTLINE  OF  TABLE  WORK. 

Topic    for    First   Week  —  Home    Preparation  for 

Winter. 

OLDEE  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:  Third  and  Fourth  Gifts  in  combination.  Build  in 
sequence  a  cellar,  bins,  and  boxes,  for  storage  of  winter  vege- 
tables. 

Occupation:     Clay.     Model  a  potato. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:  Third  Gift  and  half  cubes.  Build  a  house  and  lead 
the  children  to  talk  of  the  necessary  preparation  for  winter  in 
the  way  of  banking,  double  windows,  and  storm  doors. 

Occupation:  Freehand  cutting  of  shovel  from  black  book 
cover  paper. 


Dally  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation  Work.  25 

Wednesday. 

Gift:  Use  large  bricks  in  combination  with  the  cylinders 
of  the  Second  Gift  to  make  a  wood  wagon. 

Occupation:  Drawing.  Axe  or  hatchet,  using  black  crayon 
and  a  color  for  the  handle. 

Thursday. 

Gift:     Sort  different  length  sticks. 

Occupation:  Fold,  cut  and  paste  a  small  wood  basket.  Use 
the  sixteen-square  foundation  as  for  the  oblong  box.  Paste  on 

handle. 

Friday. 

Gift:  First  Gift.  Emphasize  the  colors  of  those  fruits 
and  vegetables  which  are  stored  away  for  winter  use. 

Occupation:  Painting.  Pumpkin  in  orange  wash  on  gray 
paper. 

YOUNGER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:     Fourth  Gift. — Build  bin  for  storing  vegetables. 
Occupation :    Fold  and  paste  a  square  box  from  heavy  paper, 

Tuesday. 

Gift:  Second  Gift. — Emphasize  the  cylinder  in  connection 
with  barrels  used  for  storing  winter  vegetables. 

Occupation:     Painting.     Fill  in  outline  of  pumpkin. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:  First  Gift. — Develop  colors  of  winter  fruits  and 
vegetables. 

Occupation:  Clay.     Model  a  pumpkin. 

Thursday. 

Gift:  Sort  two  lengths  of  slats  to  form  miniature  wood- 
piles. 


26  Daily  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation  Work. 

Occupation:  Drawing.  Outline  of  wood  wagon  in  circular 
and  straight  line  drawing  on  the  blackboard. 

Friday. 

Gift:  Third  Gift. — Build  in  sequence  a  house,  trees,  wood- 
shed, and  fireplace. 

Occupation:  Cutting.  Outlined  squirrel  from  gray  or 
brown  book  cover  paper. 


Topic  for  Second  Week — Fall,  Out  of  Doors, 

OLDER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:     Outline  fall  trees  with  colored  sticks,  red  for  sumac, 
yellow  for  maple  and  elm. 

Occupation:     Painting.     Red  leaf,  freehand. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:     Sand  box.     Use  branches  of  oak  and  maple  to  rep- 
resent the  fall  woods. 

Occupation:     Sort  nuts  and  outline  with  them. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:     Look  at  squirrel  pictures. 

Occupation:     Clay.     Model  chestnut  burrs  and  nuts. 

Thursday. 

Gift:     Third  Gift  and  half  cubes.     Build  a  bird  house  for 
winter  birds. 

Occupation:     Cut  out  and  mount  a  bird  house. 


Daily  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation  Work.  27 

Friday. 

Gift:     Design  with  maple  or  oak  leaves. 
Occupation:     Paint  a  fall  poster.     Use  bine  wash  for  the 
sky,  and  brown  dashes  for  birds  showing  against  the  sky. 


YOUNGER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:     Large  peg  tiles.     Use  rows  of  red  and  yellow  pegs 
to  represent  the  fall  woods. 

Occupation:     Sort  leaves  and  match  to  colored  papers. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:     Sticks  and  rings.     Illustrate  Miss  Poulsson's  finger 
play  of  the  Squirrel.     Outline  the  tree,  basket  for  nuts,  etc. 
Occupation:     Mount  a  Perry  picture  of  squirrels. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:     Design  with  or  sort  autumn  leaves. 
Occupation:     Drawing.     Fill  in  outline  of  red  leaf  with 
crayon. 

Thursday. 

Gift:     Third  Gift.— Build  bird  house. 
Occupation:     Mount  colored  picture  of  bird. 

Friday. 

Gift:     Tablets,    square    and    half    square.     Outline    bird 
house. 

Occupation :     Cutting.     Bird  house  in  silhouette. 


28          Daily  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation  Work. 
Topic  for  Third  Week — Coal  and  the  Miner. 

OLDER  CLASS. 
Monday. 

Gift:  Third  Gift. — Build  coal  bins  and  stove.  Rings 
may  be  used  for  covers  to  the  stove. 

Occupation:  Fold,  cut  and  paste  stove  from  black  book 
cover  paper,  paste  on  red  parquetry  circles  for  lids.  (Knapp's 
book. ) 

Tuesday. 

Gift:     Fourth  Gift. — Build  coal  yards  and  pockets. 
Occupation:     Clay.     Model  coal  scuttle. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:  Sand  box.  Make  picture  of  mine.  Pile  the  sand 
at  one  end  of  the  sand  box  for  the  mine.  Insert  cardboard  shaft, 
lay  tracks  of  slats  and  use  toy  cars  loaded  with  tiny  pieces  of 
coal.  A  toy  donkey  and  a  doll  dressed  as  a  miner  make  the 
picture  more  realistic. 

Occupation:     Drawing.     Miner's  car  or  pickaxe. 

Thursday. 

Gift:  Square  and  circular  tablets.  Outline  a  long  train 
of  cars  coupled  with  quarter  rings. 

Occupation:  Parquetry.  Reproduce  in  silhouette  the 
train  outlined  in  Gift  period. 

« 
Friday. 

'Gift:  Introduce  one  third  of  Fifth  Gift.  Build  train  to 
transport  coal. 

Occupation:     Cut  out  and  mount  miner's  lamp. 


Daily  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation  Work.          29 

YOUNGER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:     Cut  and  fold  sixteen  square  foundation  for  stove. 
Occupation:     Finish  stove.      (Knapp's  Book.) 

Tuesday. 

Gift:     Third  Gift.— Stove. 
Occupation:     Cut  out  round  and  square  baking  tins  from 

gray  paper. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:     Fourth  Gift.— Build  coal  bin. 
Occupation:     Clay.     Model  coal  scuttle. 

Thursday. 

Gift:     Group  work  on  floor.     Second  Gift  cubes  for  coal 
yard. 

Occupation:     Drawing.     Coal  shovel. 

Friday. 

Gift:     Square  and  circular  tablets.     Train. 
Occupation:     Look  at  mine  pictures. 


Topic  for  Fourth  Week — Thanksgiving. 

OLDER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:  Look  at  Indian  pictures.  Outline  wigwams  with 
large  slats. 

Occupation:  Make  wigwams  from  circular  paper.  Paste, 
cut  door,  and  decorate  with  paints. 


30  Daily  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation  Work. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:     String  beads  to  match  Indian  colors. 
Occupation:     Sew  canoe  from  birch  bark. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:     Sand    box.     Indian     village,     representing    ocean, 

woods,  wigwams,  Indian  doll  for  Hiawatha.     (See  illustration.) 

Occupation:     Paint  poster,  sky  and  sea  in  wash.     Paste  on 

boat. 

Thursday. 

Gift:     Use  twigs  to  build  log  cabin. 
Occupation:     Cut  out  little  Puritan  child. 

Friday. 

Gift:     Fourth  Gift. — Build  long  dining  tables.     Cut  out 
paper  cloths  and  napkins.     Set  with  doll's  dishes. 
Occupation:     Clay.     Model  cookies  and  pies. 

YOUNGER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:     Fourth  Gift. — Build  pantry  shelves  and  use  small 
cubes  and  cylinders  for  groceries. 

Occupation:     Fold  and  paste  manilla  paper  bags  for  gro- 
ceries. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:     Third  Gift. — Build  in  sequence  a  bake  shop,  ovens, 
shelves  and  table. 

Occupation:     Clay.     Model  pies,  cake  and  tiny  doughnuts. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:     Second    Gift. — Use    in    group    work.     Build   large 
oven. 


Daily  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation  Work.  31 

Occupation:     Cut  out  baker's  shovel,  pies,  and  cake  for  the 

oven. 

Thursday. 

Gift:  Sand  box.  Illustrate  "Over  the  River  and  Through 
the  Wood."  (Jenks'  Book.)  Build  gate,  bridge,  and  grand- 
mother's house  of  blocks.  Use  twigs  for  trees  and  make  sleigh 
of  bristol  board.  Cover  all  with  cotton  batting  for  snow. 

Occupation:     Painting.     Fill    in    outline    of    turkey    with 

In-own  wash. 

Friday. 

Gift:  Use  the  peg  boards  inverted  for  tables.  Set  for  the 
Thanksgiving  dinner  with  toy  dishes. 

Occupation:  Fold  and  fringe  large  size  white  folding  paper 
for  doll's  napkins. 


Story  List — November. 

The  Anxious  Leaf  (Norwood) Henry  Ward  Beecher 

The  Porcelain  Stove  (The  Story  Hour) Xora  Smith 

How  Patty  Gave  Thanks  (The  Cltit'I's  World)  Emilie  Poulsson 
The  Squirrel  Who  Lived  in  a  House  (Stories  for  the  Young), 

Harriet  Beecher  Stowre 
The  Turkey's  Xest  (Kindergarten  Review,  1902), 

Maud  Lindsay 
The  Pumpkin  Glory  (Christmas  All  the  Year}, 

William  Dean  Howells 

Cinderella  (Fables  and  Fairy  Tales) Horace  Scudder 

Persephone  (Nature  Myths) Flora  Cook 

The  First  Thanksgiving  ( The  Story  Hour) Xora  Smith 

How  the  Oak  Tree  Became  King, 

Stepping  Stones  to  Literature,  Book  III 


DECEMBER. 


I.     GENERAL  OUTLINE. 

1.  Continuation  of  Winter  Preparation. 

(a)   Mother's  preparation — Fall  clothing,   dress  materials 

—Dry  goods  store. 
(&)   Sheep. 

2.  Christmas  Story. 

3.  Santa  Glaus  Myth. 

4.  Nature  Work. 

(a)   Observation  of  snow  crystals. 
(6)   Night,  sky. 


II.     OUTLINE  OF  TABLE  WORK. 

Topic  for  First  Week- — Mother  s  Preparation  for 

Winter. 

OLDER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:  Fifth  Gift.— Introduce  the  Gift  in  thirds.  Build 
a  house  and  a  dry  goods  store,  leading  the  children  to  talk  of 
mother's  shopping. 

Occupation:  Cut  and  fold  a  shopping  bag  (Knapp's  book) 
or  sew  together  bristol  board  bag  with  raffia. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:  Sort  different  dress  materials,  wool,  cotton,  and  silk, 
according  to  texture. 


Daily  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation  Work.          33 

Occupation:  Manual  training.  Measure  and  saw  from 
one-half  inch  stock,  two  twelve-inch  and  two  ten-inch  strips  for 

a  weaving  frame. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:  Fourth  Gift. — Build  in  sequence  a  trunk,  chest,  and 
shelves  for  storing  summer  clothing. 

Occupation:  Cutting.  The  children  may  draw  the  pat- 
tern for  a  pair  of  wool  cloth  mittens  by  drawing  around  their 
hands  on  a  sheet  of  manilla  paper  and  cutting  on  this  line. 

Thursday. 

Gift:  Tablets,  square  and  half  square.  Outline  a  row  of 
stores  and  use  slats  for  car  tracks  and  sidewalk  in  front. 

Occupation:  Cut  out  mittens  from  scarlet  flannel,  using 
the  patterns  made  on  Wednesday.  Sew  edges  together  with 
tapestry  needle  and  coarse  worsted. 

Friday. 

Gift:     Third  Gift. — Build  mother's  sewing  chair  and  table. 
Occupation:     Clay.     Model  scissors  and  spool  of  thread. 

YOUNGEK  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:  First  Gift. — Match  the  colors  of  the  balls  to  cloth 
samples. 

Occupation:     Sort  cloth  samples  according  to  color. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:  Group  work  on  the  floor  with  large  play  blocks. 
Build  house  and  department  store. 

Occupation:  Folding.  Fold  large  oblong  paper  once  to 
make  mother's  shopping  bag.  Paste  on  a  strip  for  handle. 


34          Dally  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation  Work. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:  Play  with  empty  spools.  These  may  be  secured  fro^ 
a  manufacturer  at  slight  cost  and  are  very  adaptable  for  build- 
ing or  stringing. 

Occupation:     Painting.      Outline  of  red  mitten. 

Thursday. 

Gift:  Second  Gift. — Associate  the  forms  with  mother's 
sewing  materials,  cylinder  with  spools  of  thread,  ball  with  balls 
of  cotton,  and  the  cube  with  blocks  of  pins,  etc. 

Occupation:     Clay.     Model  spool  or  pair  of  scissors. 

Friday. 

Gift:     Fourth  Gift. — Build  sewing  table. 
Occupation:     Cut  out  paper  dolls  and  dresses. 


Topic  for  Second  Week — Sheep  and  WooL 

OLDER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:  Sand  box.  Represent  a  sheep  pasture,  using  toy 
sheep  and  building  a  stone  wall  with  pebbles. 

Occupation:  Cut  sheep  from  rough  white  paper  and  mount 
on  a  gray  card.  Sew  grass  blades  on  the  card  with  green  raffia. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:  Rings.  Introduce  half  rings  and  combine  to  form 
a  winding  brook  where  the  sheep  are  washed. 

Occupation:  Manual  training,  j^ail  together  the  twelve- 
inch  and  ten-inch  strips  of  wood  for  weaving  frame.  Put  in 
staples  at  equal  distances  to  hold  the  work.  (See  illustration.) 


Daily  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation  Work.          35 

Wednesday. 

Gift:  Fourth  Gift. — Illustrate  Miss  Poulsson's  finger  play 
of  the  sheep.  Build  a  meadow, — wall,  trough,  measures,  and 
barn. 

Occupation:  Mount  a  piece  of  bright  woolen  cloth  and  a 
knot  of  raw  wool  on  a  card  to  take  home. 

Thursday. 

Gift:  First  Gift. — General  review  of  the  six  colors,  dis- 
cussing methods  of  dyeing  and  manufacture. 

Occupation:     Clay.     Model  measures  for  corn. 

Friday. 

Gift:  Fifth  Gift.— Use  one  third  of  the  Gift  and  build  a 
woolen  mill. 

Occupation:  Weaving.  Weave  a  doll's  rug  on  the  weav- 
ing frames,  working  in,  freehand,  strips  of  bright  cloth  on  a 
foundation  of  carpet  thread. 


YOUNGER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:  Fourth  Gift. —  Enclose  a  square  field  and  play  with 
toy  sheep. 

Occupation:     Mount  a  Perry  picture  of  sheep. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:  Third  Gift. — Introduce  half  cubes.  Build  sheep 
barn. 

Occupation:  Fold,  cut,  and  paste  barn  of  red  book  cover 
paper.  (Knapp's  book.) 


36  Daily  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation  Work. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:     First  Gift. — Develop  violet. 
Occupation:     Dye  wool  or  white  worsted,  violet. 

Thursday. 

Gift:     Large  sticks.     Rack  and  trough. 
Occupation:     Clay.     Model  measure. 

Friday. 

Gift:     Tablets.     Illustrate    rhyme    of    "Baa,    baa,    black 
sheep,"  by  building  "house  in,  the  lane." 

Occupation:     Paste  silhouette  illustration  of  rhyme. 


Topic  for  Third  Week — Christmas  Story. 

OLDER  CLASS. 
Monday. 

Gift:  Sand  box  illustration  of  the  Christ  story.  Cut  white 
walls  from  cardboard  similar  to  those  shown  in  the  illustrated 
copy  of  Ben  Hur.  Use  cubes  with  half  spheres  on  top  for  the 
Bethlehem  houses.  Represent  the  hill  and  use  toy  sheep  and 
dolls  dressed  in  turbans  and  cloaks  for  shepherds. 

Occupation:  Paint  Christmas  poster.  Blue  wash  for  sky, 
gray  hill,  and  silver  star  mounted,  the  rays  indicated  with 
silver  paint. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:  Third  and  Fourth  Gifts. — Group  work.  Building 
of  the  Bethlehem  walls. 

Occupation:  Mount  print  of  Plockhorst's  "Apparition  to 
the  Shepherds." 


Daily  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation  Work.  37 

Wednesday. 

Gift:     Slats  or  large  colored  sticks.     Outline  tents  for  the 
magi. 

Occupation:     Cutting.     Camel  from  tan  book  cover  paper. 

Thursday. 

Gift:     Tablets.     Combine  half  squares  to  form  a  star. 
Occupation:     Drawing.     Star    on    blackboard    in    yellow 

crayon. 

Friday. 

Christmas  week.     Wind  frame  with  raffia  for  a  madonna 
picture. 

YOUNGER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:     Yellow  sticks.     Outline  star. 
Occupation:     Sewing.     Star  in  yellow  worsted. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:     Fourth  Gift.— Sheepf old. 
Occupation:     Drawing.     Shepherd's  crook. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:     Look  over  madonna  pictures. 
Occupation:     Mounting.     Picture. 

Thursday  and   Friday. 
Work  on  Christmas  gifts. 


38  Daily  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation  Work. 

Topic  for  Fourth  Week — Christmas  Myth. 

OLDEE  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:  Fifth  Gift. — Build  a  house  with  large  chimney  for 
Santa  Glaus. 

Occupation:  Drawing.  Christinas  tree  in  green  crayons 
hung  with  candy  canes,  drums  or  chains,  and  decorated  with 

yellow  and  red  candles. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:  Third  and  Fourth  Gifts. — Build  mantelpiece  and 
fireplace. 

Occupation:  Cut  stockings  from  colored  paper  and  hang 
over  the  fireplace  made  in  Gift  period. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:  Sticks  and  rings.  Outline  Christmas  toys,  dolls, 
drums,  sled,  or  ball  with  string. 

Occupation:     Clay.     Model    candy    canes    and    Christmas 

candles. 

Thursday. 

Gift:  Sew  tarlatan  stockings  and  fill  with  candy  or  pop- 
corn for  the  tree. 

Occupation:     Make  gold  and  silver  chains,  stars,  or  other 

decorations  for  the  tree. 

Friday. 

Christmas  celebration. 

YOUNGER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:     Fourth  Gift. — Build  a  chimney  for  Santa  Glaus. 
Occupation:     Painting.     Fill  in  outline  of  stocking. 


Daily  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation   Work.          39 

Tuesday. 

Gift:     Slats.     Outline    Christmas    tree,    using    sticks    for 
candles. 

Occupation:     Drawing.     Christmas    trees   or   toys   on   the 
blackboard. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:     Make  straw  and  paper  chains  for  the  tree. 
Occupation:     Cutting.     Large   stocking   from   paper  cam- 
bric.    Sew  or  glue  edges  together. 

Thursday. 
Work  on  Christinas  gifts  and  trim  the  tree. 

Friday. 
Hold  Christmas  celebration. 


40  Daily  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation  Work. 


Story  List — December. 

Rumplestiltskin. 

The  Flax Andersen's  Fairy  Tales 

The  Snow  Man Andersen's  Fairy  Tales 

Legend  of  Glaus  (Little  Book  of  Profitable  Tales}  Eugene  Field 
First  Christmas  Tree  (Little  Book  of  Profitable  Tales), 

Eugene  Field 
Mouse  and  the  Moonbeam  (Little  Book  of  Profitable  Tales), 

Eugene  Field 

Tiny  Tim  (Christmas  Stories) Charles  Dickens 

Piccola Celia  Thaxter 

Story  of  Little  Cosette  (Les  Miserables) Victor  Hugo 

Christinas  Tree  for  Cats  (Bits  of  Talk)  .  .  .Helen  Hunt  Jackson 

Pine  Tree Andersen's  Fairy  Tales 

Why  the  Chimes  Rang Kindergarten  Magazine 

Legend  of  St.  Christopher  (Child's  Christ  Tales)  Amalie  Hofer 

Babouscka Russian  Folk  Tale 

Why  the  Sheep  Ran  Away  (Among  the  Farm  People), 

Clara  Dillingham  Pearson 

That  Little  Christmas  Tree St.  Nicholas,  1899 

Christmas  Cure St.  Nicholas,  1890 

Grandma's  Pet  Lamb Kindergarten  Review,  1901 

The  Christmas  Angel Katherine  Pyle 


SUGGESTION    FOR    A    CALENDAR. 


JANUARY. 


I.     GENERAL  OUTLINE. 

1.  Divisions  of  Time  in  the  New  Year. 
(a)   What  the  days  bring  us. 

(6)   What  the  clock  tells  us. 

2.  Cold. 

(a)   Our  winter  —  Snow,  ice,  sleds,  snow  man. 

3.  A  Child  of  the  Snow  —  Agoonack. 
4-     Nature  work. 

(a)   Protective  work  of  the  snow. 
&     Ice  and  frost. 


II.     OUTLINE  OF  TABLE  WORK. 

Topic  for  First  Week — What  the  days  bring  us. 

OLDEE  CLASS. 
Monday. 

Gift:     Sixth  Gift. — Use  one  third  of  the  Gift  to  construct 

laundry  furnishings,  stationary  tubs,  benches,  and  clothes  posts. 

Occupation:     Drawing.     A  clothesline  with  clothes  drying. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:     Fifth  Gift.— Use  one  third  of  the  Gift  to  build  a 

kitchen  stove,  and  set  the  quarter  cubes  on  the  top  for  flatirons. 

Occupation:     Raffia.     Tie  together  a  bunch  of  long  pieces 


42         Daily  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation  Work. 

of  raffia  in  the  center,  braiding  strands  for  arms  and  tying  on 
scarlet  raffia  for  sash  to  make  a  doll. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:  Emphasize  mother's  sewing  day  by  building  with 
large  empty  spools. 

Occupation:  Make  a  doll  from  cotton  batting.  Fold  to- 
gether a  number  of  sheets  of  ordinary  white  wadding.  Tie 
worsted  to  form  the  neck,  and  oversew  the  edge  of  the  doll  with 
bright  worsted.  Beads  may  be  used  for  eyes. 

Thursday. 

Gift:  Square  and  triangular  tablets.  Make  design  for 
rug  or  floor. 

Occupation:  Raffia.  Make  a  raffia  broom  for  a  doll's 
house.  Cut  raffia  in  short  lengths  and  tie  to  the  end  of  a  col- 
ored splint. 

Friday. 

Gift:  Fourth  Gift. — Build  a  cooking  table  and  chest  of 
drawers  for  cooking  utensils. 

Occupation:     Clay.     Model  a  cooking  spoon. 

YOUNGER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:     Fourth  Gift. — Build  stationary  tubs  and  wash  bench. 

Occupation:  Represent  a  clothes  yard  in  the  sand  box.  Set 
up  clothes  posts,  connect  with  twine,  and  cut  clothes  from  white 
paper  to  hang  on  the  lines. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:     Third  Gift. — Build  ironing  table  and  stove. 
Occupation:     Clay.     Model  a  flatiron. 


Daily  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation  Work.  43 

Wednesday. 

Gift:  Make  potato  dolls.  Cut  out  holes  for  eyes,  nose  and 
mouth.  Meat  skewers  are  good  for  arms  and  legs,  and  the  com- 
pleted doll  may  be  dressed  in  tissue  paper. 

Occupation:  Make  a  doll's  carriage  from  a  spool  box.  Cut 
the  cover  in  half,  gluing  one  half  to  end  of  box  for  the  head  of 
the  carriage.  Cardboard  discs,  which  may  be  procured  in  large 
quantities  from  a  dairy  or  milk  dealer,  are  very  satisfactory  for 
wheels,  and  may  be  glued  in  place  or  fastened  on  to  turn  with 
collar  buttons.  (See  illustration.) 

Thursday. 

Gift:  Tablets.  Use  square  tablets  to  make  a  simple  design 
for  a  hard  wood  floor. 

Occupation:     Parquetry.     Reproduce  the  design  made  in 

first  period. 

Friday. 

Gift:     Large  sticks.     Outline  cooking  table  and  chair. 
Occupation:     Cut  out  paper  doll  and  paint  its  dress. 


Topic  for  Second  Week — The  Clock. 

OLDER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:     Fifth  Gift. — Build  a  clock  tower. 
Occupation:     Cutting.     Cut  freehand  a  tall  clock  tower  and 
use  a  yellow  parquetry  circle  for  the  clock  face. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:     Fourth  Gift. — Build  a  mantelpiece  for  a  clock. 
Occupation:     Make  a  clock  to  take  home.     Fold  two  squares 


44  Daily  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation  Viork. 

of  heavy  paper  into  sixteen  square  foundation.  Cut,  fold,  and 
paste  as  for  oblong  box.  Slip  one  box  within  the  other  and  glue 
together.  Paste  on  a  clock  face  and  cut  a  circle  directly  under- 
neath for  a  door.  Suspend  a  Hailmann  bead  or  a  bit  of  chalk 
by  thread  inside  for  a  pendulum,  just  showing  through  the  door. 
When  set  in  motion,  the  pendulum  will  swing  for  some  time. 
(See  illustration.) 

Wednesday. 

Gift:  Rings.  Use  different  sizes  for  watches.  Sticks  may 
represent  the  hands. 

Occupation:  Make  a  toy  watch.  Paint  a  yellow  rim  to  a 
white  cardboard  circle.  Use  a  paper  fastener,  bent,  for  the 
hands.  Suspend  with  yellow  worsted  for  chain. 

Thursday. 

Gift:  Third  and  Fourth  Gift  in  combination.  Build  a 
railroad  station  and  clock  tower. 

Occupation:     Blackboard  drawing.     Clock  tower. 

Friday. 

Gift:     Tablets,  square  and  circular.  Outline  a  parlor  clock. 
Occupation:     Cut  out  pictures  of  clocks  and  watches  from 
an  advertising  catalogue. 

YOUNGER  CLASS. 

Mcndf.y. 

Gift:     Third  Gift  and  divided  cubes.     Build  a  clock  tower. 

Occupation:  Make  a  toy  watch.  Mount  a  clock  face  on 
circular  piece  of  cardboard.  Sew  yellow  worsted  rim  to  the 
circle  and  use  raffia  for  the  watch  chain. 


Daily  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation  Work.  45 

Tuesday. 

Gift:  Tablets,  square  and  circular.  Outline  mantelpiece 
and  parlor  clock. 

Occupation:  String  small  cylinder  beads,  using  one  large 
sphere  at  the  end  to  represent  a  pendulum. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:     First  Gift. — Pendulum  plays. 

Occupation:  Make  a  clock  similar  to  the  one  made  by  the 
older  class,  using  one  oblong  box  foundation. 

Thursday. 

Gift:  Rings.  Sort  three  sizes  of  rings  and  lay  in  rows  to 
represent  the  watches  in  a  jeweler's  window. 

Occupation:     Blackboard  drawing  of  large  circles. 

Friday. 

Gift:     Large  sticks.     Outline  engine  house  tower  and  clock. 
Occupation:     Clay.     Model  a  circular  tile,  and  draw  in  the 
hands  with  a  toothpick  to  represent  a  clock  face. 


Topic  for  Third  Week — What  the  Cold  Brings. 

OLDER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:     Sticks.     Outline  snow  crystals. 
Occupation:     Drawing  snow  crystals  on  blackboard. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:     Tablets,  square  and  half  square.     Snow  shovel  and 
sled. 

Occupation:     Saw  wood  for  snow  shovel  or  doll's  sled. 


46  Daily  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation  Work. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:     Sand  box.     Illustrate  "Snow-Bound."  Use  blocks  for 
farm  buildings,  cotton  batting  with  frost  powder  for  snowdrifts. 
Occupation:     Finish  snow  shovel,  and  paint. 

Thursday. 

Gift:     Rings  and  slats.      Outline  snow  man. 
Occupation:     day.      Model  snow  man. 

Friday. 

Gift:     Fifth  Gift. — Sequence,  house,  church,  and  school. 
Occupation:     Cut  snow  crystal  from  white  paper.      Mount 
on  black. 

YOUNGER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:     Sticks  and  rings.     Outline  a  sled. 
Occupation:     Fold  and  cut  a  sled  from  sixteen-square  foun- 
dation. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:     Square  tablets.     Lay  sidewalk. 

Occupation:     Drawing.      Snow  shovel  in  colored  crayon. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:  Sand  box.  Snow  picture.  Cover  toy  houses  and 
twig  trees  with  cotton  batting  for  snow.  Use  a  sheet  of  ground 
glass  for  an  ice  pond,  and  put  in  the  sleds  which  were  made  on 
Monday. 

Occupation:     Painting.     Rubber  boot  in  ink. 

Thursday. 

Gift:     Sticks  and  rings.     Outline  a  snow  man. 
Occupation:     Clay.     Model  a  snow  man. 


Daily  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation  Work.  47 

Friday. 

Gift:     Third  Gift. — Build  in  sequence  a  house,  barn,  side- 
walk and  wall. 

Occupation:     Blackboard  drawing.     Snow  crystals. 


Topic  for  Fourth  Week — A  Child  of  the  Cold. 

OLDER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:  Rings.  Use  large  and  small  half  rings  to  outline  an 
Esquimo  hut. 

Occupation:     Clay.      ^lodel  an  Esquimo  hut. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:  Sand  box.  Picture  of  the  cold  country.  Cover  the 
sand  with  white  sheet  wadding  for  snow.  A  circular  wire 
foundation  will  represent  a  hut.  Esquimo  dolls  may  be  pro- 
cured from  any  large  toy  store  and  these,  with  toy  reindeer,  a 
toy  bear,  and  cardboard  sleds  complete  the  picture. 

Occupation:  Painting.  The  outline  of  an  Esquimo  child 
<>n  gray  paper  may  be  filled  in  with  white  ink. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:     Sticks  and  half  rings.      Outline  Esquimo  sled. 
Occupation:     Cut  and  fold  sled. 

Thursday. 

(lift:     Square  and  triangular  tablets.      Ship. 
Occupation:     Cut  out  Arctic  animals,  dog,  bear,  seal,  etc. 

Friday. 

Gift:     Blackboard  drawing  of  house,  sled,  etc. 
Occupation:     Look  at  Esquimo  pictures. 


48  Daily  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation  Work. 

YOUNGEK  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:     Look  at  pictures  of  Esquimo  life. 
Occupation:     Cutting.     Cut  freehand  and  mount  an  Es- 
quimo hut. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:     Slats  and  half  rings.     Outline  an  Esquimo  sled. 
Occupation:     Cut  Esquimo  dog  from  white  paper. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:     Fourth   Gift. — Build   box-like    cradle   for   Lapland 
baby. 

Occupation:     Folding.     Reproduce  the  cradle  in  folding, 

cutting,  and  pasting. 

Thursday. 

Gift:     Sticks  and  square  tablets.     Outline  ship. 
Occupation:     Drawing.     Esquimo  huts  on  blackboard. 

Friday. 

Gift:     First  Gift, — Talk  of   and   illustrate  ball  plays   of 
Esquimo  mother  and  baby. 

Occupation:     Clay.     Model  cup  and  ball. 


Daily  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation  Work.          49 


Story  List — January. 

The  Wonder  Clock Katherine  Pyle 

Hans  and  His  Dog Kindergarten  Review,  January,  1902 

Maud  Lindsay 

Children  of  the  Arctic Mrs.  Peary 

A  Snow  Baby Josephine  Peary 

Agoonack  (Seven  Little  Sisters) Jane  Andrew 

Life  of  a  Wooden  Doll Lewis  Saxby 

Snow-Bound    Whittier 

The  First  Snowfall Lowell 

The  Snowflakes  (The  Child's  World) Josephine  Jarvis 

The  Little  Pine  Tree  Who  Wished  to  Change  Its  Leaves, 

(Child  Life  Primer,  II)  Blaisdell 

A  Lapland  Baby Little  Folks  from  Other  Lands 

A  Little  Arctic  Girl Little  Folks  from  Other  Lands 


FEBRUARY. 


I.     GENERAL  OUTLINE. 

A.  Father's  Work. 

(a)  Shelter  of  the  family. 

(b)  Trade  life — Woodman,  blacksmith,  shoemaker,  weaver. 

B.  Holiday  Celebration. 

(a)* Myths  connected  with  St.  Valentine's  day. 
(b)   Patriotism. 

C.  Xature  Wcr/,: 

(a)   Winter  birds — Pigeon,  chickadee,  sparrow. 


II.     OUTLINE  OF  TABLE  WORK. 

Topic  for  First  Week — Carpenter. 

OLDEK  CLASS. 

Monday. 

(rift:  Fourth  Gift. — Build  in  sequence  a  carpenter's  bench, 
tool  chest  and  lockers. 

Occupation:  Cut  and  fold  a  tool  chest  from  heavy  paper. 
Fold  sixteen-square  foundation,  cut  out  two  squares  at  upper 
corners.  Cut  and  paste  into  oblong  box  with  cover.  Cut  tools 
freehand  to  put  inside. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:  Fifth  Gift. — Build  in  sequence  a  house,  barn,  pigeon 
house  or  other  buildings  upon  which  the  carpenter  works. 


Daily  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation  Work.  51 

Occupation:  Manual  training.  Begin  a  set  of  doll's  fur- 
nitnre.  Use  two-inch  basswood  cubes  for  chair  seats,  sawing 
backs  two  inches  by  five  inches  from  one  half  inch  stock.  A 
square  sawed  from  same  stock  may  be  glued  to  an  "empty  spool 
for  a  table.  (See  illustration.) 

Wednesday. 

Gift:  Tablets,  square  and  half  square.  Outline  a  pigeon 
house  with  tall  pole. 

Occupation:  Drawing.  Pigeon  house  in  crayon  with 
pigeons  flying  toward  it. 

Thursday. 

Gift:     Sticks.     Outline  a  fence. 
Occupation:     Xail  together  the  doll's  furniture. 

Friday. 

.    Gift:     Sixth    Gift. — Build    furnishings   for    a   carpenter's 
shop,  bench,  shelves,  tools,  and  locker. 

Occupation:  Stain  the  doll's  furniture  with  oil  stain  or 
Miss  Lane's  liquid  colors. 

YOUNGER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:  Third  Gift  and  half  cubes.  Build  houses  and  talk 
of  carpenter's  work. 

Occupation:  Clay.  Model  a  hammer  or  saw.  The  saw 
teeth  may  be  easily  made  with  a  toothpick. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:  Fourth  Gift. — Build  carpenter's  tool  chest  with  cover. 
Occupation:     Cut  out  tools  for  the  chest. 


52          Dally  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation   Work. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:     Sticks  and  slats.     Outline  a  house  with  the  slats, 
using  sticks  for  doors  and  windows. 
Occupation:     Drawing.     House. 

Thursday. 

Gift:     Square  tablets.      Pigeon  house. 
Occupation:     Fill  in  outline  of  pigeon  with  gray  wash. 

Friday. 

Gift:     Peg  tiles.     Use  pegs  and  beads  to  make  a  fence. 
Occupation:     Fold  and  cut  a  tool  box.      Oblong  box  founda- 
tion.     Cut  and  paste  handles  at  either  end. 


Topic  for  Second  Week. — Woodman. 

OLDEK  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:     Fourth  Gift. — Enclose  wood  yard. 

Occupation:  Cardboard  modeling.  Cut  and  glue  bristol 
board  as  for  oblong  box.  Put  on  wheels  and  a  seat.  Load  witli 
paper  cylinders  filled  with  pegs  for  kindlings. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:  Sixth  and  Fifth  Gift,  one  third  of  each.  Build  a 
lumber  yard  with  the  Sixth  Gift  and  a  freight  train  with  the 
Fifth. 

Occupation:     Chitting.      Cut    out    and    mount    a    train    in 

silhouette. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:     Sticks.      Outline  forest  trees. 


Daily   Pi-niimin   of  Gift  and  Occupation    Work.  53 


Occupation:  Blackboard  drawing.  Trees  in  mass;  use  a 
combination  of  circle  and  straight  line  drawing. 

Thursday. 

Gift:  Half  rings.  Outline  a  river  where  the  logs  are 
floated  to  the  mill. 

Occupation:  ('lay.  Model  miniature  logs,  and  combine  to 
build  a  wood  cutter's  hut. 

Friday. 

Gift:  Sand  box.  Represent  a  river  course  with  woods  on 
either  side.  Build  huts  for  woodmen.  Float  twigs  for  logs  and 
build  a  sawmill  of  blocks  at  one  end  of  the  sand  box. 

YOUXGER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

(rift:     Sort  sticks  according  to  size. 
Occupation:     Fold  wood  basket  and  paste  on  handle. 

Tuesday. 
(iift:     Fourth  Gift.  —  Enclose  wood  yard. 

ioii  :     Clay.      Model  barrel  for  kindlings. 


Wednesday. 

Gift:     Slats.      Outline  trees. 
Occupation:     Drawing.     Trees  with  brown  crayons. 

Thursday. 

Gift:     Sandbox.     Forest.      Twigs  for  tree. 
Occupation:     Painting.     Woodman's  axe. 

Friday. 

Gift:      Group    work    building    with    large    blocks.     Build 
saw-mill. 

Occupation:     Saw  support  for  pin  wheel. 


54          Daily  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation  Work. 

Topic  for  Third  Week — Blacksmith. 
OLDER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:     Visit  a  blacksmith's  shop. 
Occupation:     Group   work    with    large    blocks.     Build   a 

blacksmith's  shop. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:     Sixth  Gift. — Build  interior  of  a  blacksmith's  shop. 
Occupation:     Clay.     Model  horseshoes. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:  Sticks  and  rings.  Outline  wagon  wheels  and  black- 
smith's tools. 

Occupation:     Drawing.      Wagon  or  blacksmith's  tools. 

Thursday. 

Gift:  Sand  box.  Illustrate  Longfellow's  "Village  Black- 
smith." Lay  out  a  long  street  in  the  sand  box  with  fences  and 
toy  houses  on  either  side.  Build  the  blacksmith's  shop  of  blocks 
and  use  twigs  for  trees.  Toy  horses  may  stand  outside  the  shop, 
and  a  doll  in  leather  apron  and  cap  represent  the  village  black- 
smith. 

Occupation:     Cutting.     Horse  from  black  paper. 

Friday. 

Gift:     Tablets,  square  and  half  square.     Outline  a  barn. 
Occupation:     Mount  picture  of  Village  Blacksmith. 

YOUNGER  CLASS. 

Monday. 
Gift:     Visit  blacksmith's  shop. 


Daily  Program,  of  Gift  and  Occupation  Work.  55 

Occupation:     Sew  outline  of  horseshoe  in  raffia  on  heavy 
paper. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:     Third  Gift  and  half  cubes.     Build  blacksmith's  shop. 
Occupation:     Clay.     Model  horseshoe. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:     Fourth  Gift.— Build  horse  stalls. 
Occupation:     Cutting.     Outline  of  horse. 

Thursday. 

Gift:     Sticks  and  rings.     Outline  an  anvil. 
Occupation:     Drawing.     Hammer  and  horseshoe. 

Friday. 

Gift:     Build  blacksmith's  shop  and  interior  with  large  blocks 
on  the  floor.     Play  with  toy  horses. 

Occupation:     Mount  picture  of  Village  Blacksmith. 


Topic  for  Fourth  Week — Shoemaker  and  Weaver. 

OLDER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:     Visit  shoemaker  or  woolen  mill. 
Occupation:     Cut  out  shoes  and  mount,  using  colored  or 

silhouette  paper. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:     Fifth  Gift.— Illustrate  story  of  the  "Elves  and  the 
Shoemaker."     Build  shop,  table,  etc. 

Occupation:     Draw  tools,  hammer,  awl. 


56          Daily  Program   of  Gift  and  Occupation   Work. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:     Group  work  with  large  blocks.     Build  woolen  mill. 
Occupation:     Measure   and  cut   strips  of  bright  cloth  for 

weaving. 

Thursday. 

Gift:     Sticks.     Outline  a  loom. 

Occupation:  Fasten  the  strips  cut  on  Wednesday  to  staples 
in  weaving  frames.  Weave  contrasting  strips  in  freehand  to 

make  rug  for  doll. 

Friday. 

Gift:  Sixth  Gift. — Build  dry  goods  shop,  counters,  shelves, 
and  show  windows. 

Occupation:  The  rug  suggested  for  Wednesday  may  be  in- 
terlined and  oversewed  around  the  edges. 

YOUNGER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:     Visit  shoemaker. 
Occupation:     Cutting.     Cut    baby's    shoes   freehand   from 

red  paper. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:     Fourth    Gift.— Illustrate    "There's    a    Wee    Little 
Man"  from  Gaynor  book.     Build  bench,  window,  etc. 
Occupation:     Clay.     Model  hammer. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:     Square  and  half  square  tablets.     Shoemaker's  shop. 
Occupation:     Folding.     Window. 

Thursday. 

Gift:  Third  Gift. — Dry  goods  store,  counter,  boxes,  and 
shelves. 

Occupation:     Sort  dress  scraps  according  to  color. 


Daily  Program   of  Gift  and  Occupation   Work.          57 

Friday. 

di/t:     Paint  design  in  dots  or  stripes  for  dress. 
Occupation:     Weave  slats  and  liolland  mats. 

SUGGESTIONS  FOK  HOLIDAY  WORK. 

Valentine's  Vaij:  Fold  large  envelopes  from  manilla  paper. 
Paint  a  sunbonnet  baby  with  a  letter  in  hand.  Fold  the  post- 
man's  bag.  Sew  the  postman's  bag  with  rattia  and  heavy  book 
cover  paper. 

Washington's  Birthday:  Fold  large  manilla  soldier  caps 
with  red  and  blue  plumes,  Make  red,  white  and  blue  chains 
and  badges  to  wear  home.  Mount  and  frame  the  Perry  picture 
of  George  Washington.  Paint  a  large  flag  on  white  cloth  or 
nine-inch  by  twelve-inch  drawing  paper  and  mount  on  a  stick. 
Paint  and  cut  toy  soldiers  and  mount  on  wooden  standards. 
( See  illustration.) 


58  Daily  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation  Work. 


Story  List — February. 

The  Little  Gray  Pony  (Mother  Stories} Maud  Lindsay 

How  the  House  Was  Built  (Mother  Stories)  .  .  ..Maud  Lindsay 
Sweet  Voice  and  Fleet  Wing  (Mother  Stories)  .  .Maud  Lindsay 
Dandy  Colt  and  the  Blacksmith  Shop, 

Kindergarten  Review,  March,  1903 

The  Honest  Woodman The  Child's  World 

Elves  and  the  Shoemaker Grimm 

How  Phronsie  Pepper  Got  Her  Xew  Shoes, 

(Five  Little  Peppers)  Margaret  Sidney 

Cedric Stepping  Stones  to  Literature,  Book  IV 

The  Stone  in  the  Road,  Stepping  Stones  to  Literature,  Book  III 

Village  Blacksmith .Longfellow 

The  Pigeons Kindergarten  Review,  November,  1900 

Stuart's  Valentine Good  Housekeeping,  1904 


MARCH. 

I.     GENERAL  OUTLINE. 
1.     Spring,  Nature  Awakening. 

(A}     Light, 
(rt)   Xatural. 
(6)   Artificial. 

(£)     Water. 

(a)   Melting  of  ice  and  snow. 
(&)   Outlets. 

(c)  Forms — Lake,  river,  pond,  brook. 

(d)  LTses — Bathing  and  cleansing ;  nutriment ;  means  of 

locomotion. 

((7)     Tree  changes, 
(a)   Horse  chestnut. 

(5)  Pussy  -willow. 
(c)   Alder. 

Earliest  spring  flowers. 
(a)   Crocus. 

(6)  Snowdrop. 


II.     OUTLINE  OF  TABLE  WORK. 

Topic  for   First  Week — Natural  Lights. 

OLDER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:     Third  and  Fourth  Gifts. — Illustrate  Stevenson's  Sun 
poem.     Build  bed,  window  seat,  nursery  stairs. 


60          Daily  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation  Work. 

Occupation:     Painting.     Yellow  wash  for  sun. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:     Half  rings  to  form  winding  river.     Talk  of  sun's 
work  in  melting  ice. 

Occupation:     Clay.     Model  plaque  with  pussy  willow  rest- 
ing on  it. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:     Large  peg  tiles.     Colored  fence  and  bed  of  snow- 
drops or  crocuses  inside. 

Occupation:     Drawing.     Crocus  or  snowdrop. 

Thursday. 

Gift:     Fifth    Gift. — Illustrate    one    of    Andersen's    tales, 
"What  the  Moon  Saw." 

Occupation:     Cut,  freehand,  from  yellow   paper,    circular, 
half,  and  crescent  moon. 

Friday. 

Gift:     Tablets.     Continue  illustration  of  "What  the  Moon 
Saw." 

Occupation:     Paste  gilt  stars  to  form  great  dipper,  using  a 
blue  background. 

YOUNGER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:     Use  large  ring  for  sun,  yellow  sticks  for  rays. 
Occupation:      Drawing.       Sun    with    yellow    crayons    on 

blackboard. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:     First  Gift. — Emphasize  yellow.     Use  prism  to  show 
light  as  source  of  color. 

Occupation:     Clay.     Model  sphere. 


Daily  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation  Work.          61 

Wednesday. 

Gift:     Large  peg  tiles.     Colored  pegs  for  flowers  in  spring 
gardens. 

Occupation:     Cutting.     Yellow  crocns. 

Thursday. 

(rift:     Third  Gift. — Illustrate  "Rock-a-by,  Baby,  the  Moon 
is  a  Cradle,"  Tomlins,  by  building  bed  and  window. 
Occupation:     Painting.     Crescent  moon. 

Friday. 

Gift:     Half  square  tablets.     Lay  star  form. 
Occupation:     Paste  stars  on  bine  ground. 


Topic  for  Second  Week — Artificial  Lights. 

OLDER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:  Fourth  Gift,  and  large  beads,  cubes  and  cylinders. 
Build  long  library  table,  cylinders  and  spheres  to  be  used  for 
lamps. 

Occupation:  Raffia  lamp  mat,  made  by  winding  over  cir- 
cular foundation. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:  Second  Gift  cylinders.  Build  electric  light  poles 
and  use  thread  for  wires. 

Occupation:     Drawing.     Poles  and  wires  on  blackboard. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:     Fifth  Gift. — Build  electric  cars  or  steam  engines, 
putting  on  Ilailmann  beads  for  headlights. 
Occupation:     Fold  and  cut  paper  lanterns. 


62  Daily  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation  ^York. 

Thursday. 

Gift:     Build  lighthouses  in  sand  box,  using  large  blocks. 
Occupation :     Saw  thin  piece  of  wood  for  boat,  bore  hole  and 
put  in  skewer  for  mast,  and  add  paper  sail. 

Friday. 

Gift:     Half  rings  and  tablets.     Make  grandmother's  candle- 
stick. 

Occupation:     Clay.     Model  candlestick. 


YOUNGEE  CLASS. 
Monday. 

Gift:     Fourth  Gift. — Build  table  and  put  on  cylinders  for 
lamps. 

Occupation:     Weaving.      Linen  lamp  mat. 

Tuesday. 

'Gift:     Large  peg  tiles.     Rows  of  yellow   pegs   for  street 
lamps. 

Occupation:     Folding.     Cradle. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:     One  third  of  Fifth  Gift.      Build  engine,  using  a  red 
bead  for  headlight. 

Occupation:     Make  large  paper  lantern. 

Thursday. 

Gift:     Second  Gift. — Group  building  of  lighthouse.     Peb- 
bles and  stones  for  rocks. 

Occupation:     Folding.     Paper  boat. 


Daily  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation  Work.  63 

Friday. 

Gift:     Sticks  and  rings.      Outline  trolley  car. 
Occupation:     Drawing-.      Car  with  colored  lights. 


Topic  for  Third  Week — Forms  of  Water. 

OLDER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:  Lay  out  water  courses  in  sand;  brook,  river  and 
ocean. 

Occupation:      Drawing.      Slanting  lines  to  represent  rain. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:     Build  bridge  on  floor  with  large  blocks. 
Occupation:     Folding.     Ship. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:     Play  with  shells,  outlining  pond  or  making  designs. 
Occupation:     Cutting.     Swan. 

Thursday. 

(jiff:     Square  and  triangular  tablets.      ^lake  boats. 
Occupation:     Painting.      Goldfish. 

Friday. 

Gift:     Build  wharves  in  sand  box  with  play  blocks. 

Occupation:  Xail  simple  wooden  shovel.  One  inch  by 
one  half  inch  stock  may  be  used  for  handle.  Xail  to  half  a 
shingle. 


64          Daily  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation  Work. 

YOUNGER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:  Third  Gift  and  half  rings.  Outline  brook  and  build 
bridges  across. 

Occupation:     Painting.     Row  boat. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:  Dig  miniature  ponds  in  the  sand  box,  putting  in  toy 
ducks  and  swans. 

Occupation:  Cut  out  ducks  and  swans  from  heavy  paper, 
paste  to  button  molds  for  standards,  float  in  large  basin  of  water. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:     Fourth  Gift.— Build  bridge. 

Occupation:  Drawing.  Goldfish  on  blackboard  with  col- 
ored crayons. 

Thursday. 

Gift:     Second  Gift. — Use  boxes  for  steamboats. 
Occupation:     Paint  flag  for  boat. 

Friday. 

Gift:     Sticks  and  rings.     Outline  pail  and  shovel. 
Occupation:     Clay.     Model  pail. 


Topic  for  Fourth  Week — Uses  of  Water. 

OLDER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:     Third  and  Fourth  Gifts. — Build  kitchen  table  and 
sink. 

Occupation:     Weave  wash  cloth  on  weaving  frames,  using 
candle  wicking  for  foundation. 


Daily  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation  Work.  65 

Tuesday. 

Gift:     Tablets.     Design  for  floor. 

Occupation:     Knot  fringe  on  edges  of  wash  cloths. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:     Sticks,  rings,  and  half  rings.     Outline  dipper,  tea- 
cup, teakettle,  etc. 

Occupation:     Clay.     Model  teakettle. 

Thursday. 

Gift:     Fifth  Gift.— Build  steamboat. 
Occupation:     Painting.     Green  wash  for  sea. 

Friday. 

Gift:     Sort  and  design  with  shells. 

Occupation:    Cut  out  boat  and  mount  on  green  wash  painted 
Thursday. 

YOUNGER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:     Fourth  Gift. — Build  kitchen  sink,  or  bath  tub. 
Occupation:     Clay.     Model  dish-pan. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:     Tablets.     Design  for  floor. 
Occupation:     Parquetry.     Reproduce  design. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:     Play  with  doll's  dishes. 

Occupation:     Learn  to  wash  and  wipe  dishes,  or  housework 
practice  in  kindergarten. 


66  Dally  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation  Work. 

Thursday. 

Gift:  Second  Gift. — Use  two  cubes  for  steamboats  in  sand 
box,  staples  forming  masts. 

Occupation:  Make  sea  poster.  Color  background  with 
green  crayons.  Paste  in  sailboat. 

Friday. 

(lift:     Sort  shells. 
Occupation:     Sew  birch  bark  canoe. 


Story   List — March. 

The  Wind's  Work  (Mother  Stories] Maud  Lindsay 

The  Wind  and  the  Sun  (Fables} ^Esop 

The  Discontented  Weather  Vane.  .Boston  Collection  of  Stories 
The  Strongest — Who  or  Which  ? 

(Linlits  to  Literature,  Book  III}  Joel  Chandler  Harris 

The  Candles  (Fairy  Tales} Andersen 

What  the  Moon  Saw  (Fairy  Tales} Andersen 

The  Old  Street  Lamp  (Fairy  Tales} Andersen 

Where  Go  the  Boats  (Child's  Garden  of  Verse} .  .  .  .Stevenson 

The  Wind   (Child's  Garden  of  Verse} Stevenson 

The  Dog  and  His  Shadow  (Fable) .Esop 

The  Legend  of  the  Dipper  (Stories  and  Mornint/  Talks}, 

Wiltse 

The  Moon  in  the  Mill  Pond  (Folk  Lore  Stories  and  Proverbs}, 

Wiltse 
The  Frog  Who  Thought  Herself  Sick, 

(Among  the  Meadow  People}  Pierson 

The  Traveling  Raindrops.. Kindergarten  Review,  October,  1902 
The  Talkative  Sunbeams.  .  .Kindergarten  Review,  April,  1903 
A  Story  of  Lights Kindergarten  Review,  May,  I'.MH 


APRIL. 

I.     GENERAL  OUTLINE. 

1.  Spring  Preparations  in  the  Home. 
(A)     Different  kinds  of  bouses. 

(a)   Cottage,  flat,   apartment. 
(-B)      Materials  nsed  in  construction. 

(a)   Wood,  brick,  mortar,  nails,  etc. 
(Cr)      Interior  of  the  home. 

(a)   Decoration. 

(6)    Furnishing. 

2.  Nature  Work. 

(A)  Observation  of  trees,  flowers,  and  grass. 

(B)  Factors  in  production  of  new  life, 
(a)   Heat. 

(6)   Light, 
(c)   Moisture. 

(C)  Germination. 

(a)   Planting  seeds  in  pots  or  window  boxes  for  trans- 
planting in  May. 

3.  Easter  Myths. 

(A)     Rabbit,  eggs,  etc. 

II.     OUTLINE  OF  TABLE  WORK. 

Topic     for    First    Week  —  Gardens,    and    Easter 

Thought. 

OLDER  CLASS. 

Monday. 
Gift:     Large  sticks.     Outline  garden  tools. 


68  Daily  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation  11  or/r. 

Occupation:  Saw  rake  handles  and  strip  for  teeth.  Use 
one  inch  by  one  half  inch  stock.  Make  handle  twenty-five  inches 
long  and  strip  ten  inches  long. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:     Painting.     Easter  eggs. 
Occupation:     Cut  out  and  mount  yellow  chicken. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:     Make  simple  reed  basket. 
Occupation:     Clay.     Model  egg. 

Thursday. 

Gift:  Make  Easter  card  by  tracing,  or  painting  border  of 
rabbits. 

Occupation:     Drawing.     White  rabbits  on  blackboard. 

Friday. 

Gift:     Plant  seeds  in  window  boxes  or  have  egg  hunt. 

Occupation:  Finish  rakes,  putting  in  long  nail*  for  teeth 
in  cross  piece.  jSTail  cross  piece  to  handle.  Xail  two  diagonal 
supports  from  cross  piece  to  handle.  (See  illustration.) 

YOUNGER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:     Outline  spade  or  rake  with  sticks. 
Occupation:     Cutting.     Tools  from  manilla  paper. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:     Painting.     Easter  egg. 

Occupation:  Blackboard  drawing.  Yellow  chickens,  using 
yellow  crayon. 


Daily  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation   V\rork.          69 

Wednesday. 

Fold,  cut  and  paste  basket  from  heavy,  colored  book  cover 
paper. 

Occupation:     Fill  basket  with  clay  eggs. 

Thursday. 

Paste  yellow  paper  chicken  on  gray  mount  for  Easter  card. 
Occupation:     Plant  seeds. 

Friday. 

Cutting.     Rabbit,  outlined  on  white  paper. 
Use  Occupation  period  for  egg  hunt. 


Topic  for  Second  Week — The  House. 

OLDER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:     Fifth  Gift. — Build  cottage  house. 
Occupation:     Cutting.     Free  cutting  of  house  with  doors 
and  windows. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:     Sixth  Gift.— Build  bird  house. 

Occupation:     Drawing.    Outline  robin  on  gray  paper.    Fill 
in  with  charcoal  and  orange  crayon. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:     Tablets,   square   and  half  square.     Tall  apartment 
house. 

Occupation:     Parquetry.     Rows  of  houses. 


70          Daily  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation  Work. 

Thursday. 

Gift:     Large  sticks.     Outline  doll's  house. 
Occupation:     Blackboard  drawing.     House  or  bird  house. 

Friday. 

Gift:     Visit  brickyard  or  hardware  store. 
Occupation:     Clay.     Model  bricks. 


YOUNGER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:     Build  village  on  tables.     Cubes  and  half  cubes  for 
houses,  slats  and  tablets  for  tracks  and  sidewalks. 
Occupation:     Painting.     Fill  in  outline  of  house. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:     Tablets.     Pigeon  house. 

Occupation:     Parquetry.     Reproduce  pigeon  house. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:     Fourth  Gift.— Box  for  tools. 

Occupation:     Clay.     Model  hammer  or  mortar  trowel. 

Thursday. 

Gift:     Cubes  and  large  peg  tiles,  cube  to  represent  house. 
Garden  inclosed  with  pegs. 

Occupation:     Drawing.     Tulip  with  colored  crayons. 

Friday. 

Gift:     Rings,  whole  and  half.     Outline  border  for  flower 
bed. 

Occupation:     Cutting.     Robin. 


Dally  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation  Work.  71 

Topic  for  Third  Week — Home  Interiors. 

OLDEE  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:  Third  and  Fourth  Gifts.  Build  furniture  for  dif- 
ferent rooms — bed,  bureau,  desk,  chair,  etc. 

Occupation:  Cut  and  .make  chair,  sixteen-square  founda- 
tion (Knapp). 

Tuesday. 

Gift:  Tablets.  Circular  and  half  circular.  Design  for 
wall  paper  border. 

Occupation:  Cut  out  figures  from  scrap  wall  paper  and 
combine  to  form  new  design. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:     Visit  house  furnishing  store. 

Occupation:  Weave  doll's  rug  on  frame,  using  raffia  or 
strips  of  cloth  for  foundation. 

Thursday. 

Gift:  Sticks  and  rings.  Outline  kitchen  utensils,  whisk 
broom,  soap  holder,  etc. 

Occupation:     Drawing.      Stove. 

Friday. 

Gift:  Sixth  Gift. — Build  furniture  for  a  kindergarten 
room — table,  piano,  chairs. 

Occupation:  Look  over  Perry  pictures,  selecting  those  suit- 
able for  different  rooms  in  the  house. 


72          Daily  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation  Work. 

YOUNGER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:     Fourth  Gift. — Furniture  sequence. 
Occupation:     Cut  out  furniture  from  illustrated  catalogues. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:     Tablets.     Rug  design. 
Occupation:     Parquetry.     Reproduce  design. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:     Visit  furniture  store. 
Occupation:     Weave  holland  mat. 

Thursday. 

Gift:     Sticks.     Outline  kitchen  table  and  clothes-horse. 
Occupation:     Cut  out  stove  and  table  in  silhouette. 

Friday. 

Gift:     Third  Gift. — Kindergarten  tables  and  chairs. 
Occupation:     Mount  picture  suitable  for  home  nursery. 


Topic  for  Fourth  Week — Doll's  Housekeeping. 

OLDER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:  Paint  wall  paper  for  doll's  house.  The  house  is 
made  of  two  strong  shoe  boxes  fastened  together  with  eyelets  or 
paper  fasteners.  (See  illustration.) 

Occupation:     Cut  and  fit  carpets, which  may  be  of  cambric 

or  book  cover  paper. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:     Paste  wall  paper  and  carpets  in  place. 


Daily  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation  Work.  73 

Wednesday. 

Gift:     Saw  strips  of  wood  to  be  nailed  to  cubes,  or  cut  card- 
board models  for  bed,  table,  and  chair  for  doll's  house. 
Occupation:     Frame  or  mount  tiny  pictures  for  wall. 

Thursday. 

Gift:     Xail  or  glue  furniture,  or  paste  cardboard  models. 
Occupation:     Cut  paper  shades  and  fasten  to  windows. 

Friday. 

Gift:     Cut  and  fold  black  cardboard  stove. 
Occupation:     Raffia.     Wind  and  cut  little  broom. 

YOUNGER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:     Make   dolls   from  candle  wicking,   raffia,   or  paper 
napkins. 

Occupation:     Blackboard  drawing.     Dolls. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:     Make  cradle  from  cardboard  box.     Paste  on  bristol 
board  rockers.      (See  illustration.) 

Occupation:     Sew  doll's  pillow  and  stuff  with  cotton. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:     Fourth  Gift.— Doll's  bed. 

Occupation:     Cut  and  fringe  white  cloth  for  counterpane, 
using  a  coarse  weave  material. 

Thursday. 

Gift:     Sticks  and  rings.     Doll's  cart. 
Occupation:     Make  doll's  cart  from  large  thread  box.     Use 


74         Daily  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation   Work. 

cardboard  covers  to  cream  bottles  for  wheels,  fastening  them  to 

box  with  eyelets. 

Friday. 

Gift:     Tablets,  square  and  circular.     Doll's  go-cart. 
Occupation:     Make  doll's  table.     Glue  large  spool  to  piece 
of  wood. 


Story  List — April. 

Apple  Seed  John  (Lazarre). 

The  Morning  Glory  Seed Child's  World 

Pea  Blossom  (Fairy  Tales} Andersen 

The  Pigeons St.  Xicholas,  June,  1895 

Rhyme  of  the  Ten  Rabbits St.  Xicholas,  Xovember,  1896 

Peter  Rabbit Beatrice  Potter 

The  Maple  Seed's  Wish Kindergarten  Review,  1900 

How  the  Robin  Got  His  Red  Breast 

(Legends  of  the  Red  Man's  Forest),  Judd 

Persephone  (Nature  Myths) Cook 

The  Magpie's  Kindergarten  (Curious  Book  of  Birds)  .  .Brown 
HOWT  the  Bluebird  Crossed  (Curious  Book  of  Birds)  .  .  .  .Brown 
Mother  Partridge's  Babies  (Curious  Book  of  Birds)  .  .  .  .Brown 
The  Chimney  Swift's  Home  (Dooryard  Neighbors), 

Clara  D.  Pierson 

Jack  and  the  Beanstalk  (Fairy  Stories  and  Fables)  .  .  .Scudder 
Sleeping  Beauty  (Fairy  Stories  and  Fables) Scudder 


MAY. 

I.     GENERAL  OUTLINE. 

1.  Old  of  Door  Life. 
(A)      Care  of  gardens. 

(J5)     Out  of  door  playthings. 
(a)   Kites,  carts,  garden  tools. 

2.  Farmer. 

(-4)      Spring  planting. 

3.  Nature  Work. 

(A)      Continuation  of  flower  observation. 

(a)   Preparation  of  soil  and  transplanting. 
(J5)      Closer  study  of  bird  life. 

(a)   Xesting  and  migratory  babits. 

II.     OUTLINE  OF  TABLE  WORK. 

Topic  for   First  Week — Garden  Life. 

OLDER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Spend  period  out  of  doors  transplanting. 
Occupation:     Drawing.     Illustrate    "In    tbe    Heart    of    a 
Seed."     Draw  seed  leaves  and  root  of  plant. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:     Green  sticks.     Outline  tree  and  put  in  half  ring  for 
nest. 


76          Daily  Program   of  Gift  and  Occupation  Work. 

Occupation:     Free  cutting  of  trees.     Double  paper  to  pro- 
duce symmetry  of  outline. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:     Tablets.      Triangular.      Design  for  flower  bed. 
Occupation:     Painting.      Border  of  tulips. 

Thursday. 

Gift:     Sixth  Gift.— Build  garden  wall. 
Occupation:     Clay.     Model  bird's  nest. 

Friday. 

Gift:     Sticks  and  rings.      Outline  watering  pot. 
Occupation :     Drawing.      Watering  pot. 

YOUNGER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:     Work  in  garden. 

Occupation:     Nail   together    simple    rake    similar    to    rake 
made  by  older  class,  omitting  supports. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:     Illustrate    "There's    a    Wee    Little    Xest,"    Guvnor 
Book.      Slats  and  sticks  for  outline  of  tree. 
••Occupation:     Clay.     Model  bird's  nest. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:     Large  peg  boards,   rows  of  red  and  yellow  pegs  to 
represent  tulips. 

Occupation:     Cut  tulip  from  colored  paper  and  mount. 

Thursday. 

Gift:     Third  and  Fourth  Gifts. — Garden  fence. 
Occupation:     Painting.      Fill  in  outline  of  bluebird. 


Daily  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation  Work.  77 

Friday. 

Gift:     Flower  beds  in  sand  box,  colored  sticks  for  flowers. 
Occupation:     Drawing1.     Flowers  on  blackboard  with  col- 
ored crayon. 


Topic  for  Second  Week — Children  s  Outdoor  Life. 

OLDER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:     Triangular  tablets.     Make  kites. 
Occupation:     Make  kite  from  two  thicknesses  of  manilla 
paper — splints  woven  in  for  support,  tissue  paper  and  string 
for  tail. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:      Fifth  Gift.— Build  toy  store. 
Occupation:     Clay.     Model  and  paint  marbles. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:     Sticks  and  rings.     Make  outline  for  hopscotch  game. 
Occupation:     Make  pin  wheels. 

Thursday. 

Gift:     Out  of  door  play  with  kites. 

Occupation:     Saw  standard  and  bore  hole  in  center.     Glue 
in  dowel  stick,  making  support  for  ring  toss  game. 

Friday. 

Gift:     Sew  cambric  marble  bag. 

Occupation:     Make  rings  for  ring  toss  by  winding  No.  2 
reed  with  red  and  uncolored  raffia. 


78         Daily  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation  Work. 

YOUNGER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:     Sticks.     Outline  large  kite. 
Occupation:     Cut  kite  from  colored  paper,  mount  and  draw 

tail  with  colored  crayons. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:  Fourth  Gift. — Build  counter  in  toy  shop,  imagining 
wares  displayed. 

Occupation:     Painting.     Toy  balloon. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:     Half  square  tablets  and  sticks.      Outline  pin  wheels. 
Occupation:     Cut  out  pin  wheels. 

Thursday. 

Gift:     Out  of  door  play  with  pin  wheels. 

Occupation:  Raffia  ball  made  by  winding.  Use  two  card- 
board circles,  sewing  through  hole  in  center.  Cut  edge  of  raffia. 
Tie  in  center  and  remove  cardboard. 

Friday. 

Gift:     Drawing.      Colored  top. 
Occupation:     Clay.     Model  marbles. 


Topic  for  Third  Week — Farmer  s  Spring  Work. 

OLDER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:     Sticks  and  rings.     Outline  plow. 
Occupation:     Drawing.     Plow. 


Daily  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation  Work.          79 

Tuesday. 

Gift:     Tablets,  square  and  half  square.     Barn. 
Occupation:     Cut  out  barn. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:  Sort  and  design  with  seeds:  corn,  melon,  squash, 
beans,  etc. 

Occupation:  Cardboard  wheelbarrows.  Fold  sixteen 
square  foundation,  cut  one  end  as  for  square  box,  curve  remain- 
ing corners,  glue  on  legs  and  handles.  A  wheel  may  be  inserted 
by  cutting  a  slit  in  the  foundation  and  pinning  in  a  cardboard 

circle. 

Thursday. 

Gift:  Sand  box  work.  Fence  in  field,  make  straight  fur- 
rows in  the  sand  to  represent  plowed  field. 

Occupation:  Blackboard  drawing.  Combine  vertical  and 
horizontal  lines  to  make  fences. 

Friday. 

Gift:     Fifth  Gift. — Build  barns  and  tool  house. 
Occupation:     Clay.     Model  barrel,  grain  measure  or  farm- 
er's tools. 

YOUNGER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:  Large  peg  tiles.  Use  yellow  pegs  to  represent  corn- 
field. 

Occupation:     Paste  picture  of  plow. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:  Third  Gift  and  divided  cubes.  Group  work  build- 
ing of  barn. 

Occupation:     Cutting.     Large  horse  outlined. 


80  Daily  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation  Work. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:     Sort  vegetable  seeds  and  lay  in  rows  on  table. 
Occupation:     Cut  pictures  from  colored  seed  catalogues. 

Thursday. 

Gift:     Tablets,  square  and  half  square.     Barn. 
Occupation:     Fold  and  mount  barn. 

Friday. 

Gift:     Fourth  Gift,— Enclose  fields. 
Occupation:     Clay.     Model  hoe  or  spade. 


Topic  for  Fourth  Week — Farmer  s  Helpers. 

OLDER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:  Sixth  Gift. — Illustrate  song  in  Keidlinger  book 
"Mistress  Cow  Stands  by  the  Gate."  Build  barnyard  fence  and 
tall  gate. 

Occupation:     Painting.     Cow  outlined. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:     Sticks  and  rings.     Outline  stool  and  milking  pail. 
Occupation :     Drawing. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:  Second  Gift. — Reproduce  creamery.  Use  cubes  for 
separator,  cylinders  for  wheels  and  salting  table,  yellow  beads 
for  pats  of  butter. 

Occupation:  Clay.  Model  pats  of  butter.  Stamp  with 
butter  mould. 


Daily  P  roc/ram  of  Gift  and  Occupation  Work.          81 

Thursday. 

Gift:     Fifth  Gift. — Build  hen-bouse  and  chicken-coop. 
Occupation:     Cur  out  and  paint  different  barnyard  animals 

which  have  been  outlined. 

Friday. 

Gift:  Sand  table.  Make  farm  picture,  barns,  toy  animals, 
etc.  (See  illustration.) 

Occupation:  Make  barnyard  from  suit  box  cover.  Put  in 
barn  and  lien-coo]!-;  made  from  heavy  paper.  (See  illustration.) 

YOUNGER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:  Large  peg  tiles.  Enclose  chicken  yard,  using  half 
cubes  for  coops. 

Occupation:     Blackboard    drawing.      Chicken   with   yellow 

crayon. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:      Large  cubes  and   half  cubes.      Build  cow-shed. 
Occupation:     Fill  in  outline  of  cow  with  crayons. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:  Rings.  Vse  rings  for  pans  of  milk,  white  paper 
circles  fitted  inside  representing  milk. 

Occupation:     Clay.     Model  pats  of  butter. 

Thursday. 

Gift:  Bricks  and  half  bricks.  Enclose  barnyard  for  toy 
animals. 

Occupation :     Cut  out  strips  of  paper,  pasting  to  form  fence. 

Friday. 

Gift:  Illustrate  "Story  of  Three  Pigs."  Tablets,  square 
and  half  square  for  house. 

Occupation:     Cut  out  and  mount  the  "Three  Pigs." 


82          Daily  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation   Work 


Story  List — May. 

The  Lark  and  Her  Young-  Ones Child's  World 

The  Cow  Who  Lost  Her  Tail Child's  World 

King  Midas Child  Life,  Book  II 

The  Pigeon's  Visit  to  the  Farm, 

Kindergarten  Review,  November,  1900 
How  Summer  Came  Upon  the  Earth 

(Legends  of  the  Red  Man's  Forest),  Tanner 

Legend  of  Clytie  (Nature  Myths)   Cook 

Story  of  the  Lilac  Bush  (Polly  Oliver's  Problem)  .  .  .  .Wiggin 
The  Story  of  Dobbin,  Boston  Collection  of  Kindergarten  Stories 

The  Dandelion  Seed Child's  World 

The  Oriole's  ]STest Child's  World 

Little  Red  Riding  Hood. 

The  Story  of  a  Mouse,  Kindergarten  Stories  and  Morning  Talks 

Through  the  Barnyard  Gate  (Mother  Stories) Lindsay 


SUGGESTION  FOR  SEA  POSTER. 
(CHILDREN'S  WORK.) 


JUNE. 

I.     GENERAL  OUTLINE. 

1.  Ways  of  Spending  the  Summer. 
(A)      City  life. 

(a)   Parks  and  playgrounds, 
(fr)   River  and  boat  life. 
(c)   The  circus. 

(5)      Country  life. 

(a)   Visits  to  the  farm. 

(C)    Seashore  life. 

(a)   Sand  plays,  etc. 

2.  Nature  Work. 

(a)  Bee  life. 

II.     OUTLINE  OF  TABLE  WORK. 

Topic  for  First  Week  —  Bees. 

OLDER  CLASS. 
Monday. 

Gift:     Visit  bee  farm. 
Occupation:     Painting1.     Flower. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:     Sixth  Gift. — Shelves  and  beehives. 
Occupation:     Cut   out    beehives    from   manilla    paper    and 
mount. 


84  Daily  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation  Work. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:     Tablets,  square  and  half  square.     Beehives. 
Occupation:     Drawing.     Pink  clover. 

Thursday. 

Gift:     Large  peg  tiles  for  meadow.     Half  spheres  and  cubes 
for  hives.     Put  in  green  pegs  to  represent  grass,  and  red  for 

clover. 

Friday. 

Gift:     Yellow  sticks.     Outline  of  hexagonal  cells. 
Occupation:     Folding.     Hexagon  from  yellow  paper. 

YOUNGER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:     Visit  bee  farm. 
Occupation:     Painting.     Clover  outlined. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:     Third  Gift  and  half  cubes.     Build  beehives  in  rows. 
Occupation:     Pasting.     Beehive. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:     Large  sticks.     Outline  of  hive. 
Occupation:     Drawing.     Hive,  with  bees  flying  near. 

Thursday. 

Gift:     Half  spheres  for  beehives. 
Occupation:     Clay.     Model  hive. 

Friday. 

Gift:     Fourth  Gift.     Build  honey  boxes. 
Occupation:     Cutting.     Daisy.     Cut    petals     and     mount 
around  edge  of  yellow  parquetry  circle. 


Daily  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation  Work.  85 

Topic  for   Second  Week. — Summer  in  the  City. 

OLDER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:     Fifth  and  Sixth  Gifts  in  group  work.     Reproduce 
park  with  bandstand,  pavilion,  seats,  zoo,  etc. 

Occupation:     Cut,   fold,   and  paste  lunch  box.      (Knapp's 

book. ) 

Tuesday. 

Gift:       Sand  box.     Reproduce  circus  with  tents,  flags,  toy 
animals,  etc. 

Occupation:     Drawing.     Circus  parade. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:     Slats  and  rings.     Outline  of  out  of  door  swing. 
Occupation:     Raffia.     Weave  doll's  hammock. 

Thursday. 

Gift:     Sixth  Gift.— Build  trolley  car. 
Occupation:     Painting.     Flowers  seen  in  park:  buttercup, 

daisy,  or  sunflower. 

Friday. 

Gift:     Fourth  Gift. — Build  bridge  and  dock. 
Occupation:     Design  with  shells. 

YOUNGER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:     Third  Gift. — Sequence  of  buildings  seen  at  the  park. 
Occupation:     Folding.      Square  box  for  lunch. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:     Fourth  Gift. — Use  bricks  for  circus  chariots,  cylin- 
ders for  wheels  and  sticks  for  axles. 


86  Daily  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation  Work. 

Occupation:     Cut  out  colored  flags  for  top  of  chariots  and 
use  toothpicks  for  standards. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:     Slats  and  tahlets.     Outline  see-saw. 
Occupation:     Drawing.     See-saw. 

Thursday. 

Gift:     Second  Gift. — Use  cubes  for  trolley  cars  and  insert 
rattan  in  edge  for  trolley  pole. 

Occupation:     Clay.     Model  basket  for  flowers. 

Friday. 

Gift:     First  Gift. — Color  lesson  in  connection  with  flowers. 
Occupation:     Painting.      Simple  flower. 


Topic  for  Third  Week — A  Visit  to  the  Farm. 

OLDER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:     Fifth  Gift. — Build  grandpa's  house. 
Occupation:     Illustrate  story  of  "Mrs.  Tabby  Gray."     Cut 
cat  and  kittens  in  silhouette. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:     Half  rings.     Outline  duck  pond. 
Occupation:     Clay.     Model  duck. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:     Sticks  and  rings.     Outline  hay  cart. 
Occupation:     Drawing.     Hay  cart. 


Daily  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation  Work.          87 

Thursday. 

Gift:     Sixth    Gift. — Interior    of    farmhouse.     Build    fire- 
place, settle,  high-backed  chair,  tall  clock. 
Occupation:     Fold  and  paste  berry  box. 

Friday. 

Gift:     Tablets.     Illustrate  story  of  "Little  Red  Hen." 
Occupation:     Painting.     "Red  Hen." 


YOUNGER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:     Tablets,  square  and  half  square.  Make  grandfather's 
house  and  barn. 

Occupation:     Circle  drawing.     Cat. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:     Sand.     Duck  pond  and  bridge. 
Occupation:     Cutting.     Ducks. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:     Sticks  and  rings.     Outline  hay  cart. 
Occupation:     Drawing.     Hay  cart. 

Thursday. 

Gift:     Fourth  Gift. — Furniture  in  grandmother's  kitchen. 
Occupation:     Fold  berry  box. 

Friday. 

Gift:     Third  Gift. — Build  a  well,  using  cylinder  for  bucket. 
Occupation:     Clay.     Model  cup. 


88          Daily  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation   Work. 
Topic  for  Fourth  Week — The  Seashore. 

OLDER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:     Fifth  Gift. — Build  train  to  take  children  to  seashore. 
Occupation:     Raffia.     Sew  doll's  hat. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:     Sand  table.     Represent  seashore.    Build  bath  houses 
and  wharves  with  blocks.     Indicate  beach  with  stones  and  shells. 
Occupation:     Drawing.     Lighthouse. 

Wednesday. 

Gift:     Fifth  Gift. — Group  work.     Build  hotel  and  cottages. 
Occupation:     Cut  out  pail  and  shovel. 

Thursday. 

Gift:     Design  with  shells. 
Occupation:     Clay.     Model  fish. 

Friday. 

Gift:     Choose  any  material  for  free  play  in  connection  with 
subject  for  week. 

YOUNGER  CLASS. 

Monday. 

Gift:     Fourth  Gift.— Trunk. 

Occupation:     Cut  out  clothing  to  pack  in  trunk,  using  col- 
ored paper. 

Tuesday. 

Gift:     Fifth  Gift. — Use  one  third  of  gift,  build  cottage. 
Occupation:     Paint   green    wash    to    represent   sea.      (See 
illustration.) 


Daily  Program  of  Gift  and  Occupation  Work.          89 

Wednesday. 

Gift:     Square  and  half  square  tablets.     Make  boat. 
Occupation:     Folding.     Row  boat. 

Thursday. 

Gift:     Tree.     Play  with  shells. 
Occupation:     Clay.     Model  pail  and  shovel. 

Friday. 
Free  play,  free  choice  of  material. 


Story  List — June. 

The  Cat  and  the  Mouse  (Songs  and  Stories} Haaren 

The  Sheep  and  the  Pig  (Folk  Lore  Stories} Wiltse 

The  Old  Woman  and  Her  Pig  (Fables  and  Fairy  Tales}, 

Scudder 

The  Ugly  Duckling  (Fairy  Tales} Andersen 

Hans,  the  Shepherd  Boy Graded  Literature,  Reader  III 

Tom  Thumb Child  Life  Reader,  Book  II 

The  Little  Red  Hen Child  Life  Reader,  Book  II 

King  Solomon  and  the  Bees Child's  World 

The  Country  Mouse  and  the  Town  Mouse Child  Life,  II 

Town  Musicians  {Fairy  Stories} Grimm 

Mouse,  Grouse,  and  Little  Hen, 

Kindergarten  Review,  March,  1901 

The  Story  of  Peepsie Child's  World 

The  Little  Pig Kindergarten  Review,  September,  1904 


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